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/ > if THEMGHENRY PLAINDEALER CA "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875' VOLUME 1Q6 NUMBER 85 WEDNESDAY. MAY 19, 1982 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 25' Albanese Found Guilty City by Anthony Oliver A split vote at Monday night's regular city council meeting sent the ieilMihlli< of lfcHenry political wards to a committee meeting of the of Spring > counts of The meeting was set for Tuesday, June lt at 7:30 p.m. Chairman of the redisricting committee, Alderman Ronald Meurar (4th ward), said he would be against an alderman into another unleae those involved were in . Under the plan presented. Jack Pepping (1st ward) would be moved to the 3rd ward, currently represented by Michael Wieaer and Raymond; Thp plan shows an extension of On 3rd ward -- primarily the northeast part of the city -- which travels along the south side of Route ISO to include to nearly Valley. Alderman Cecilia Serritolle (4th waru) voscea opposition to the 3rd ward "tike a ft Route 133. "It just doesn't seem logical," Mra. Serritalla said "1 think that maybe we should study it more." joyfcos in municipal government indicated that the redistricting Mc Henry's could be Inspired in addition to protecting the poMtica] future of seme aldermen, m*y not fulfill requirements of keeping wards as compact as itble commented that tee committee ntooting was open to all of tee councilmen and said intareated people could have attended Alderman Ray Smith took exception to this point of view, noting that cemmitteee were deeigned so that all (he aldermen would not have to at- "I should not, and will not, attend . committee meeting," Smith attd "That's not the way it should be Char lee M. Albanese. 44, Grove, was convicted on two < murder and one count of attempted murder late Tueoday morning in ftioomington, according to McHenry Police Chief George Paaenelli * The same Jury will deliberate Wednesday on whether Albaneae should receive the death penalty or impriaonment for the arsenic poisonings of his father. Michael Albaneae, 33, his wife's grandmother' Mary Lambert, 33, and thf attempted arsenic poisoning of hia younger brother, Michael Jay, 34. If the jury decidee that Albeneee should be impriaoned. Judge Henry Cowlin, of the 13th Judicial Circuit, will set the term. The jury returned its guilty verdicts after deliberating a little more than Smith alao voiced an opinion in favor of studying the matter. "Now that we see what they have in mind. I'm not happy with It, he said. Alderman Michael Wieaer, a mittee member, said that he went with the committee on the night (Continued on page 16) hours, said McHenry County State's Attorney Theodore Floro, shortly after noon Tuesday when the verdict came in. "It has taken a lot of hard work to bring this case to justice and I feel Justice has been done," Floro said. Floro commended the coroner's offlcee of McHenry and Lake counties, McHenry police, the Lake County State's Attorney's office and his own staff for their work on the case. Floro, prosecuting the case in the McLean County courthouse, where the trial was transferred because of excessive pretrial publicity in nor­ thern Illiinois, contended in cloeing statements Monday that Albanese poisoned his family members for nnancial reasons and to gain control over the family business. The senior Albaneae was founder of Allied Die Casting Corp., McHenry, and the his two sons were officers of the corporation Floro said the accused murderer lived beyond his means and waa in debt prior to the poisoning-deaths. Defense counsel Richard Kelly, argued the state's oase against the defendant was all circumstantial. During the trial, which started May 3 with presiding Judge Henry Cowlin of McHenry County, Floro produced witnesses who testified Albanese was provided with 2>* pounds of arsenic to kill pests at his home, that the vic­ tims' bodies all contained a massive amount of arsenic, that the defen­ dant's finances were in "critical condition" and that he benefitted financially from the deaths. Albanese testifying last week denied any part in the poisonings. •e Demand by Anthony Oliver Voicing complainta of \ residents (3rd ward) area Alderman Raymond Smith demanded immediate action at Monday night's City Council meeting regarding the paving of a parking lot at the apartment building at 704 Logan street, McHenry. "Twoand-a-half years ago they were supposed to blacktop the parking lot," Smith said. "This to an on-going thing and we've been putting it off." The third ward alderman said he had heard "all kinds of stories" about why the work waa never completed. "I want the people to either start tomorrow, or notify them that they are not gbing to be required to meet the remdrementa," Smith said. "I am not " in wno own* in® building; people live there aad they are not satisfied." Smith said that in notice^ sent July 17,1973, the parking lot would have to blacktopped before Parking Lpt Action SerriteUa (4th ward) asked whether Public Works, Mayor Joeeph Stanek Summer Mood as evidenced by this long line waiting to register offered by the Departaseat of Parks and ea a first be blacktopped before final oc­ cupancy was granted. In a later meeting (April 13, 1330), the paving requirement was read into the record of a Zoning Board of Ap­ peals hearing. Hie owner of the building at that time, Leo Krab- benhoft, was petitioning for a variation to allow one additional apartment. According to Smith, then Superintendent of Public Worka Fred Meyer aaked that It be read into the record of the hearing that he was sending a notice which indicated that the parking lot "must" be blacktopped For -ir Recreation Recreation. • Accepted on a first come, first serve bn*to* It waa not brought registration for city residents only spsnsd gaterday, and by the ead _otk* was actually i of the day between 303 and 330 had signed ap for at least one program. Most popular waa the peel slgMp, which is only lor dty residents. Registration for asn resMsnts opens Saturday, May S. If anyone falls to receive a brochure listing all of the programs, call Hit 3300. out whether the lent. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORO I am asking for a concrete a newer and I don't want it two weeks from now," Smith said vehemently. "We've been more lax than the owner, letting thie elide for two years." In other matters, Aldsrman Cecilia croeaing guards could be put at the intersection of Route 31 end Lillien street during the eummer, for per heps two-hours out of each weekday. The queotion was in response to a request from Fox Ridge perents concerned for the sefety of their children goina to Knox perk. It waa noted at the meeting thet en Ulinoie Department of Traneportetion study said no crooeing wee werrented et the intersection. Some councilmen noted thet sidewelks should probably be the first order of busineee so that the children can get to the intersection safely. Alderman Michael Wieeer sola, "If 1 were a resident of Fox Ridge, 1 would not want creeaiagK guards without a sefe wey for my kid to get to Lillian street." Alderman Jock Pepping seid the idee wes "commendeble" but noted thet children would be coming end going from the pool ell dey long end not just the hour when it opens or clooee. "We wont to solve the problem, but we hove to teke e more com preheneive approach," Pepping seid. Perk committee chairmen, Aldermen Elizebeth Nolen, queetioned why repeir work had been started on a pier et McHenry Shores. ' According to Psrk Director Peter Merkel, the metter hod been brought before the Perk committee et e recent meeting. Merkel seid he ettempted to explein the locetion of the pier, end whet needed to be done, to the com­ mittee members. The consensus, he sdded, wes to let the metter go for e while until committee members could survey the situetion. In the meentimo, however, work wes sterted to repeir the pier, under from ecting superindent of and Meanderin9 no Invitation To Passive Solar Home type o But Athletee hove their dey on the ochool playing field. They have it again at banquets honoring the muscle men of footbell, the fleet of foot on the baeketball floor end track end the egile in elmoot eny of endeavor with e sports lebel. at Wedneodey evening the turned to the keen minds of niors. It wee their night, end their outstanding accompliehmente in the ecademk field were recounted to the pride of parents, school ad­ ministrators, teachers and friends Our own memory recoils the athletic teetimoniale of old. It oeems theeo a--I tributee must hove hod their start at leaet 30 years ago, long anticipated by a community with an admitted pastime preference for Sports with a capital'S'. There hae been no chenge in taatee, but a highly oophisticaed world around ue today makae it neceeeary that emphaeie aloo be placed on achievers in the ciaeeroom Top athletee still draw salarioe that evoke awe, but their number palee in comparioon to the number who must prepare for the working world. Out of tMs need to promote academic excellence came the annual MCHS academic recognition dinner three years ago. It has proopored and nrarparentetoi to prepare depend m< encourage e for the more on e good educetion todey then ever in the past. Their eccompUehmente to date, ee related Wedneodey evening by ad­ ministrators of their reopective campuses, wore inspiring. And their goals reflected the times we live in and the needs of society in the year 1932. Dreams for tomorrow included teeching the visually handicapped; becoming a Christian minister end working with the deaf in U.S. miosions; end entering the end nucleer fields The list waa and thooe who set their goalo are committed to a lifetime that includes service. As we wstched enother high ochool graduete, J. Albin Anderson, motive his Distinguished Graduate award, we realized McHenry high school seniors have not really changed so much over the 54 years since he proudly accepted hia diploma on the stage of Beat campue, then a now ochool. One of 11 children left mothorieos when meny of them were young, the succeeo of Albin Anderson was one of family sacrifice and cooperation of the seme kind thet probebly ie with us, unnoticed, in McHenry today. We heard others speak for the late Thomas Bolger, a 1338 graduate, and Dr. William Nye, who graduated with the daaa of 1393. Here, too, 14) The public ie invited to eee what e Paeeive Solar houoO-Jooke like before* the inoide walio are finished and covered. Sunday afternoon, May 33, from 1 to 4 p.m., the McHenry high ochool Building Tradee students will conduct tours of their flrot Paeeive Solar home at 4333 Pyndale, McHenry. Engineering analysis eetimatos the ennual heating coot to bo 114 cento per square foot. Student dloplaye that compare typical houee contraction to a super inoulatod design have been prepared to help home owners learn how to reduce their heating blllo. Free I pamphleto will be the Illinois Inetituto of itural Rebourcoo. Aloe featured is a ocaie model of the houee buflt by Brie Karpinoki, Eaet campue senior in Architectural Drafting. The house dsoign was derived from model found in the Fox concrete, lower level floor; speciel roof and wall corner contraction; triple glesed, vinyl clad caoement windowe and sliding glass door by Andoroon; heevy duty vapor barrier to minimize infiltration end heat loos. The new owners of the Building Tradee houee completed In May 1311, have reported e natural gas bill for heat and hot weter that averaged only 91.31 per day during the coidoot montn of the peat winter. McHenry high school hae been improving techniques end inotruction to helpnituro home owners and builders reduce heating coete. Local home owners sssklng to floor eboorbo heat from the sun during the dey end slowly givee off this heet during e winter night. Overhengs she do this glees during the summer to prevent overheeting. Peseive Solar deeign ie maintenance free since it doee not Include eny pumpe, fens, or other expenoive mechanical devicee. Local eree businessmen who feature energy saving equipment and materlels ere invited to set up diepleys et the open houee. For more informetion contect Ron Dele, Vocational director, or Bill Wlnkel, Building Tradee ine true tor, at 335-1334 or 335-7077. a popular i Ridge area stuuoate ai instructors ite a , Architectural Drafting id education modified thie deeign to suner-l Solar home. The houee will uee a of gee heat and eolar energy to provide winter comfort for an estimated coot of 3337. The practical 3,472 onuaro stion of oaviag features coats. of this 3" x4" exterior walk; l" styrofoam wall inMuuiig, iw percent inBuisiion ior aU concrete foundation walls and learn more about conserving enei will find thie open houee valuable Claee instructors say now ie the time to oboerve the now construction before the waUo are fin- Building Tradee «*i»-- will complete the currant houee during the 1932-33 ochool year. At first glance, some have won­ dered what makes this houee Poeeivo Solar, since It dooen't have the extra large windows uoually found on eolar Inetructors explain that during northern,ntt>nk winters, large glees araao usually looo more heet on cloudy days and at night than thev on ounay days. The McHenry ochool design incorporates the latoot research by uoing super ineulation aad moderate of of glaee). of the glaee a oouthorn expoeure. The fully inealitofl ground level concrete Mayor Joeeph "Meybe I overstepped my bounds," Stenek seid. "I wes not ewere the pier wes in committee." Committee member Cecilie Serritolle seid the committee was in the process of discussing drewbecks to the repeir. Wieeer commented, "Meyor, I think you heve overstepped the bounds of executive euthority." "In whet wey?" enewered Stenek. "Do we confer with the council on every metter? The perk director knew." Merkel reepondod by seying he did not know the repeir work would be sterted so soon. The metter wee dropped without further dtocuesion. In other buoinees, the council deferred ection on the creetion of e speciel service eree regerding the construction of McHenry hoepitel The postponement wes et the requeet of the hoepitel boerd. The uee of Petersen perk for the July Fourth fireworks diepley wes epproved by unenimoue vote. McHenry Police Chief George R. Pasenelli read a commendation for Officers Roger Pechoue end George Erkenswick end Detectlveo Gory Wigmen and Sgt Joyce for their prof ess ioneliem in the hendling of the Iwert incident April 14. $2,000 School Damage Charge Youths In Vandalism Cherges heve been brought egeinst two juveniles in connection with the November, 1981 vendelism of McHenry Junior high school, McHenry police reported Mondey. Detective Gery Wigmen, McHenry Police deportment, seid thet ee e result of e joint investigetion with Crystel Leke police, the youthe, eges 15 end 14. were petitioned into juvenile court The youths hed been teken into cuetody lest Seturdey by police for e burglary thet occurred in Crystel Leke. Through the joint inveotigetion, cherges were brought egeinst the youthi for vendelism of the McHenry school building The incident wes reported on Nov. 21, 1931. Demege to McHenry Junior high school wes estimeted et 33,000 end included breeking windowe, painting interior end exterior welle end (Conttnuad on page 14) Assail Infprmation Act McHenry Meyor Joeeph B. Stenek leehed out strongly egeinst e stete "Freedom of Informetion" (FOI) ect, HB 1974, wjhich is before the legisleture. It ie i foot bomee TuMi en ect in reletion to eccees to public records. "It's enother one of thooe power-to- the-people things thet just ebout dee troys locel government," Meyor Stanek said. "It's a terrible bit of legielation that could juet ebout deetroy small government." According to text of the bill, the ect is dsoigned to provide eccess to public t etortfa to enable people to discuss issues "fully and freely," make In­ fo hilly ed political judgments and to ineura it ia in the public Interest. The text stateo further the ect ie "pursuent to the fundementel philosophy of the Americen con­ stitutions! form of government." "It could freeze our ebiiity to govern," Stenek commented. The bill provides that ell public records, including reports, forms, writings, letters, memoranda, books, papers, mape, microfilms, cards, tepee, recording, dete procssslng records end eny documentary materials, regardleaa of phyaical form, be acceeeible to citiseno. "Eech public body shall make eveileble to eny person for inspection or copying ell public records, except es provided for in the ect." The bill elso requires public bodioo (Continued on page 14) Community Concert Member Drive Wonder Lake Man Killed • Viewing Economic Slump Open Season Oct. 2 Crossing Highway • MCHS Distinguished Graduate Page 5 Page 16 Page 14 V *