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£, provements. City officials indicated that all the promised improvements for the subdivision had not been completed because the developer was having financial problems. The city has placed a hold on building permits for this subdivision until the matter is cleared up, according to City Clerk Barb Gilpin. Alderman Cecilia Serritella pointed out problems in the Lakeland Park area resulting from preparations for coming road work and relocation of mains by Northern Illinois Gas. She said there were complaints of loads of gravel dumped in drives, deep holes in dangerous areas, and as Alderman Ron Meurer added, breaks in water mains (Continued on page 16) Murder Case Goes To Jury Police Chief George Pasenelli said Thursday morning that Mrs. Susan Iwert, seriously injured in a stabbing in the family home in Fox Ridge subdivision, April 14, "has been, or is about to be transferred from McHenry hospital to Northwest Com­ munity hospital, Chicago." Mrs. Iwert's two children, Amy, 2Mz, and Jeffrey, 3 months, were found dead, both with multiple stab wounds. Pasenelli said the case would be presented to the McHenry county grand jury May 4. No charges had been made as of Conservation Building Burns A building owned by the McHenry County Conservation district, located in Orchard Heights,south of McHenry,was destroyed by flames about 9 o'clock Tuesday night, April 20. Damage was estimated by Fire Chief Glenn Peterson at between $7,000 and $8,000. Peterson said the small structure at the corner of Orchard and Jonathan was unoccupied. A Conservation district spokesman told him it was open only in the summer and used for nature study. Arson was not believed to have been the cause, but Peterson said he thought vandalism may have resulted in the fij^e,* Another .unoccupied building on the acreage had been broken into. The alarm wfls answered by the three McHenry companies, who could see the burning structure immediately upon leaving the city because of the extent of the flames and its location on a hill. "No Tax Refund Delay" State Revenue Department Page 9 FREE TV Ovid* In Today'* BdtHon Work For Safe Access Crossing At Knox Park City Council members pledged cooperation at the April 19 meeting in providing a safe access for children crossing Route 31 to reach Knox park to participate in recreation offered by the city. Pat Shanholzer, from Fox Ridge, pointed out that there is no safe way for school age children riding bikes from western parts of McHenry to cross this busy thoroughfare. Aldermen suggested possible solutions and agreed to investigate what the state might require in order to protect a usable intersection at Lillian street. Mrs. Shanholzer said she had suggestions for either a tunnel or a traffic light for some time in the future. Because this would be a long range solution requiring state Department of Transportation approval, aldermen said they might try to use crossing guards as for protection of children on school days. Since it might involve spending scarce city dollars, alderman Liz Nolan said maybe volunteers could be used such as for the churches. Alderman Ed Datz cautioned against possible city liability if such duty is under the aegis of the city. The council declined to act on an application by Adeline and Bob Piklow of Wonder Lake for a game room permit that would allow operation of up to 25 electronic video games at 803 Front street. Mayor Joseph Stanek and several aldermen recalled that they had issued a permit to the Galaxy on Pearl street in December for a room with up to 24 machines. While this was not an "exclusive" license, the council wanted to observe for a time how the facility was accepted and if any problems should arise from its operations. Alderman Mike Wieser, said the council "want to protect ourselves from becoming a penny arcade town." Aldermen agreed that they would wait until possibly August before they would act on further applications. Until then the city clerk would accept and retain any applications submitted. Stanek urged the Piklows to reapply in a few months. Dick Weber, superintendent of public works, reported that the temporary access road on Oak street for Lakeland Park residents who might be in­ convenienced by road work in their area would be ready this week. He also said the repair on the entrance arch on Elm street for Whispering Oaks would be completed within two weeks. Weber reassured those property owners where city snowplows had torn up the turf, that it would be replaced soon. In othe^ iuisUusss, ihct. council received a report that the letter of credit for the McHenry Lakes subdi­ vision had been cancelled with the remittance of the last reserved funds being paid to Herman Gluth, a con­ tractor who was due money on im- Aldermen Smug Over "Surprise"Bills Aldermen complained about "surprises" resulting from the McHenry Shores annexation as several sizable bills appeared among the obligations being processed for payment by the McHenry City Council at the Apnl 19 meeting. A $12,617 bill for employee retirement and other fund deduction remittance and a late appearing $1,632 bill for engineering for a drainage culvert that was never built were held for clarification. ly S: satisfaction, "This explains why some of us wanted more time to consider this (annexation)." Alderman Mike Wieser, when informed that the obligations were not discovered by the village auditing Arm, wondered about the capabilities of the auditors if they couldn't pick these up. Explanations indicated that the engineering bill was for a project based on a possible federal grant which was applied for when Rose Lillegard was village president before 1979. The project was not completed and the engineering Arm, Hampton, Lenzini ana Renwick of Elgin when learning the village was to be annexed, submitted the bill for the planning work under an obscure abandonment tlause, according to ex-village officials. The employee retirement funds of the village have been in dispute apparently because of differences in billing ana crediting certain sums in its accounts (Continued on page 16) Vie For MCHS Prom Titles Based on the theme, "These are the Best of Times", young folks from MCHS will travel by bus to the Wagon Wheel resort, Rockton, Saturday, April 24, for the annual junior-senior prom. The evening will include dinner, a formal dance, the crowning of the king and queen, a movie festival and bowling until midnight. A buffet snack will be served at 1 a.m., followed by an informal dance, recreational activities and breakfast. Queen candidates, from left in front, are Dawn Parisi, Lisa Smith, Cindy Jensen. Agnes Holas, Missy Dowe and Kerry Kraus; king candidates, from left second row, Bob Wilson, Doug Maris, Jay Raemont, Doug Mullen and Fritz Larsen. Missing from picture was John Huff. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Judge Substitution Denied AIbanese Case * Page 16 THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER •SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 106 NUMBER 77 FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1982 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 25 Consider Options To Care Foe, Mentally Handicapped- A small district library on Lily Lake road, one mile south of Rt. 120, serves residents of Eastwood Manor, Settlers Woods, south Val Mar, Kent Acres, Lilymoor, Lakemoor, Fritzsche Estates, and other unincorporaated areas east of McHenry. It is now looking to future expansion. The McHenry Nunda Public Library district has been in a rental building since 1970, when it outgrew a building in Lakemoor. That move was completed under board president, Connie Johnson, aided by Mrs. Marion Leske, who were also responsible for hiring Mrs. Margaret Karas as librarian. The current board of trustees, under the direction of Mrs. Louise Hipwell, is involved in the long awaited building program. The property located on Rt. 120 and Lily Lake road, opposite Fire Station No. 3, has been purchased. The board is seeking community input as to the needs and wants of the residents for their new facility. Other board members are secretary, Edna Mueller; treasurer, Karen Colomer; Diane Fuhler, Rose smith, Dolores Suess and Frank Colomer. Governor Thompson has issued a proclamation stating that this week is designated Library week in Illinis. The theme is "Read Illinois". The growth and development of the state is told in books found at the library. Authors who are, or have been, a part of the Illinois setting included Saul Bellow, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Addams, Studs Terkel, Marguerite Henry, Ray Bradbury, Irene Hunt and Richad Peck. Many of their works can be found at that small white building with the red door on Lily Lake road. The public is encouraged to explore the library. Available are books, cassettes, records, puzzles, and art prints. Copies of non-copyright materials can be made, a typewriter is for public use, a cassette player may be used in the library for music en­ joyment, and Whimper, the library mascot, welcomes everyone. The library is open every day except Wednesday and Sunday. to reduce the 600 to 700 cases at Elgin in this category by 100, according to 708 board executive director, Dennis Smith. Of the $9 million budgeted to operate this facility, $3 million is to be allocated for local care. Of this, McHenry county would receive $200,000, Smith estimated. As Ann Patla, assistant director of the 706 board, explained to the mem­ bership, the highest priority is to fur­ nish a place for the young people with problems, who would be retained in the community, a place to live and work. For this purpose $100,000 would be spent toward securing a second transitional living facility in the county. Smith said that reports indicate a waiting time for a place in the present living facility ranges from four months to one year. Care in the transitional living facilities is planned only for limited periods of time while clients readjust to living in society. Smith also said that $25,000 would be used to establish a "gatekeeper" function, or an inpatient psychiatric systems coordinator, to monitor ad­ missions to the psychiatric unit at Memorial hospital at Woodstock and to the State hospital. The balance of the allocation - $75,000 - would go to "plug gap6" for the money lost in reduced federal programs, Smith noted. The administrators are resubmitting applications to the DMH to reflect these changes, Smith said. He also indicated that he now has a "definite" appointment with two DMH officials in Springfield April 27 to discuss the county's part in the Elgin project, and urged board members to accompany the staff for those discussions. Smith also advised the board that they had the task of obligating ap­ proximately $80,000 remaining unused in current federal NIMH grants to be applied to facilities for programs, for the coming year. McHenry county's Mental Health board is having considerable success in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) in which about 7,000 employees in 22 firms and school districts are currently covered for necessary assessment and referral to needed services. The program which started with the hiring of two expert con­ sultants as employees, is incidentally generating revenue in excess of program needs, which in turn can be used for other mental health programs, Smith noted. Targeted for more fiscal aid from this source is the alcoholic program which is the most common 14 Seek Miss McHenry Title Included in the charm series are lessons on make-up, fashion, voice and posture, wardrobe coordination, hair styling, nail care, physical fitness and nutrition. Although each entrant cannot be a winner, Ms. Merkel said she feels all candidates enrich themselves by participating. The Miss McHenry court will consist of the queen and two runners-up. Miss congeniality will be chosen by the candidates themselves. For further information regarding the pageant, contact the Chamber office at 385-4300. Candidates for the 1982 Miss McHenry contest have been finalized except for one opening. Pageant Chairman, Mrs. Merissa Merkel, disclosed that due to the withdrawal of one candidate, another will be accepted to bring the total number to 15. The 10-week charm course for all contestants will start April 28 at the American Legion • clubhouse, where all related events will be held, including the pageant itself June 30. Hostess for these events are the ladies of the American Legion auxiliary, under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Messer. Progress with the "Elgin project" concerned members of the McHenry County Mental Health board (708 board) as they considered options last week for local handling of people being consigned "unnecessarily" to the mental health facility at the Elgin State hospital. It is currently the policy of the Illinois Department of Mental Health (DMH) complaint handled, the staff reports. Ms. Patla explained the reason for the excess in the EAP program is the (Continued on page 16) Library Awaits New Home Mrs. Louise Hipwell, who directs the operations of the board of trustees of the McHenry Nunda Public library district, stands on site of future home of the library, corner of Rt. 120 and Lfly Lake road. Inset photo shows the rental building in which the library Is Mm housed. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD With the grass getting greener (and taller) almost by the minute, and playgrounds filling up also at a fast pace, it becomes easier to jump out of bed with a smile. And it isn't only the kids who are giving indications' of Spring - oldsters are making their appearance on the street in greater numbers. With this in mind, it seems only natural that in our mail this week there should be an up-beat report about those folks they call seniors who continue to be an inspiration for everyone else. There are more of them than we know about. In recent years, we have known a few McHenry business people who con­ tinued to make their mark on the community in spite of advancing age. And they did a good job of it. McHenry's City Council has as one of its most knowledgeable members a man who recently reached his seventy- fifth birthday. And he continues to devote long hours and study to his of­ fice. But regardless of what they have proved, there is discrimination today in the job market, probably as much against age as any other one thing. Even with proven records of em- (Continued on page 16)