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Dedicate Township Building Share-A-Cat In theee days of ride shading and it seems tinSy that we that is per- innovation cat-sharing, far this service, ad mittedly, is self benefitting, but if we ars successful in commercializing our idsa it could also include some ad­ vantages for the sharer Actually, this thoroighty new idsa was not ours. It was ths brainstorm of the large tomcat next door that boars a striking resemblance to Morris, both in appearance and temperament. The idea was never expressed - he Just moved onto the premises. It is doubtful that Ms rightful owners know anything about the sharing, although it is difficult to be unaware that this creature is not under foot M hours a day. Prom occasional visits without acknowledgement of our presence, he suddenly Mid s personality change st holiday time. Now he greets our every entrance to the driveway. No homecoming is easy with Cat After rubbing against a leg or a car wheel (with no evident preference) he lodges his big body against the door ana looks coy. Any effort to dislodge him is met with mixed reactions. A sharp claw may delve into your foot, or he may just refuse to move. Either way, homecoming has none of the pleasures attributed to it by the old ballad song writers. Our only leverage is sitting behind the wheel of a few thousand pounds of metal. Cat isn't afraid of the poun­ dage, but of the motor's sound, the only effective maneuver we have found to date in dealing with him. We have come to pull in at the lowest speed and let the car coast under the carport. Ever so quietly we open the door and look both ways. When we see nothing, we emerge carefully and walk around to the house door. Nine times out of 10, there he is, emerging from a solid growth of arborvitae to stand stoic and with unrelenting gaze. Concealment is the name of the game with Cat. He remains well hidden until he knows we are trapped. No self-respecting friend would walk in the house ana not return with a handout and Cat knows it. That kind of igoatmout ten'tfit for a deft to say nothing of a good looking orafcge kitty that tries Ms best to wangle his wsy into our affection by rubbing or rolling. If neither works, he sets up the moot annoying series of meows ever to emana species and repeats them step of the porch. At the same his face is flattened against the screen door with a questioning, "Whst's up? Let's get the show on the rood"! For ourself, we could accept the big fellow as one of life's trials. But Dumpling looks st it differently. Dumpling has priority st our house, having entered the world under rather disturbing circumstances 10 years sgo. PHONE WARNING Police Chief George McHenry 1 R. Psssnsm issued s warning to parents Friday regarding alarming phone calls reported recently to the McHenry Police PoesnolH said a young McHenry girl answered an anonymous call and was told that her had entered her in a The caller said she had won a trip to Hawaii and asked ths girl to mast Mm at another location. Pasenelli urged children to teO their parents of such calls and for | the crowd of ISO assembled J sly 11 for the From left are Assessor Theodore Pitsen. and Carol Perschke; the Rev. Gordon (behind Raoen); Road Commissioner , executive director of the Township Office of Mto at rigM, Miller addresses the crowd. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 106 NUMBER 100 WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1982 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25* J He has been in charge ever since, and he doesn't take kindly to sharing food, water and a kind word with Cat. Rut-Dumpling is a coward, and his rdluctance to leave the house since Cat settled in has created problems we had never dreamed of. Meows coming from the back porch and the front driveway - extra trips to ths store when the food supply linishes at astonishing speed - moments of near combat when of them is surprised to find they in the same place at the same . moat promising answer seems f| be Share-A-Cat, which the new addition to our family does so well. It worked with Rent-A-Son. Folks were so fascinated by the unique offering of service that it attracted the news media from distsnt metropolitan areas. But what can we offer attractive about Share-A-Cat? Let us count the ways! If our co-workers in classified ad­ vertising will accept our offer we might say something like this: Wanted to Share - Large, good looking cat; shsrp clsws; tem­ perament so*o; hearty appetite; loyal, constant companion. No questions asked of anyone who will snare this lovable feline on a SO-SO Three Die In Water Related Accidents by Anthony Oliver A 20-year-okl Chicago man drowned Sunday on the Fox river in the area of Snug Harbor, near 710 Country Club Drive, McHenry. According to McHenry County Sheriffs police, Torrance Ward, S9, of * 1316 N. Clark street, Chicago, was boating on the Fox river with his brother and several friends, when he Ml into the river at about 12:45 p.m. July 11. The report of the drowning was relayed to county police by the McHenry Police department. McHenry Fire department and the McHenry Area Reecue squad were dispatched to the scene. Dive teams and personnel from the Wonder Lake, Pox Lake, Emergency Services and helicopter from the Illinois Depart­ ment of Tranaportation, assisted in the search. Personnel from the county snd McHenry police also assisted st the scene. The body wss recovered at about 5:26 p.m. and taken to McHenry hoepital. A tragic two-boat colliaion July 8 in the Fox Lake area claimed the life of William J. Haag, 20, dean of students at Johnaburg high school. Details of the accident were not forthcoming Tuesday morning from the Lake County Sheriffs police because the boat patrol officers were "slow" in completing their reports, according to one Sheriffs department accident Fairview avenue, Johnsburg, was working on his Master's degree at Northern Illinois university. He was a 1071 graduate of McHenry high school The young man's parents had reportedly left Thursday evening to spend a few days at a cottage in Wisconsin, when they arrived at 1 a.m., they learned that he was hospitalised in McHenry and began the return trip at once. Johnsburg School District 12 Superintendent Duane Andreas said Haag was "an exceptional young man" who was doing "an exemplary job" as the dean of students. Although he worked in an area of chool adminis employee. Details of the accident are school administration that demanded _ . expected sometime in the future. disciplinary action, last yesr's survey fire departments, as well as a Protection district, Haag, of 2123 Weak Senior Support For Bail-Out Shaw Media News Service The question of whether to par­ ticipate in a bail-out funding program for the county Senior Cltisens Council received little and no support at the Monday night regular meeting of the McHenry City Council With no majority ballot cast, the to participate in the not pass. Throe older- for the body of Harbor pari of tie Fox river ief idea hoHraplor assists divers eed Ward, who drowned la the Snag The body was located efter STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Fair Talent Contest Adds Adult Section Thls> Year chairman of the contest, savs, "familieo can become involved. I'm its in IMS, the McHenry County Fair Talent conteet sw section is bsing addsd for adults. TUs section is for thoeo age 21 or Bill originator and long time there are families in McHenry county who get a lot of tan oat of l^ftirming together." The rulee say that if adults are in a including both thoeo over and age XI, they must in ths adult section. em pat* 10) program did men voted in favor and three alder­ men abotainod for lack of in­ formation. McHenry Mayor Jooeph Stanek brought the matter to the council floor noting that the county board will probably decide July 10 whether to purchase the Senior Citisene Council building in Crystal Lake, which is one part of the funding plan. The county has indicated that the purchase of the building is contingent upon the par­ ticipation of the townships snd municipalities The participation of the township and municipal govern­ ments is to raise 175,000 to fund existing programs. The city's con­ tribution to the effort, if it had passed, would have been about 16,300. Aid. George Harker (2nd ward) commented that he would oppooe the measure unless a better tran- ration system were set up so that seniors who really need the programs can get to them. "I'm not against the entire program, it's just that the wrong people are getting the benefits," Harker said. . _ Aid. Michael Wieoer (3rd ward) suggested that the council and mayor develop means by which the city take care of its own sged, instesd of giving money to the county organisation. Voicing the alternate poeition, Aid. Jack Peppii^ < 1st ward) said he could not vote intelligently on the matter without more information about the entire program. "It's a shame we have to vote on it this quickly," Pepping said. "I would have to paas on the vote because there ie not enough information." Aid. Ray Smith (3rd ward) com- information, won't give the in­ formation or can't give the in­ formation," Smith said. "1 have to go with the information I have and I'll make a motion to deny participation in the funding program." Aldermen Wieser, Smith and Serritelle voted in favor of the motion. Aldermen Harker, Dots end Pepping ebstsined. Aldermen Nolen end Meurer were absent At the last meeting, referred to by Aid. Smith, Den Melone, executive director of the McHenry County Senior Citizens council, said, "There ere 21,000 senior citizens in the county right now, and there will be more. All they went is dignity snd respect." Malone addressed a group of nine municipel officials gathered Thur­ sday night in Woodstock city hall for the fourth in e series of meetings on a senior citizens plan proposed by (CwtHnved MI pes* IS) time, his superiors said be used "assertiveness" In maintaining discipline. Fire fighters and Reecue personrfel from the area gathered Tuesday morning to pay their respects. Departments represented were McHenry Township Fire deportment, Fox Lake Fire department, Wonder Leke Fire deportment, Spring Grove Fire deportment, Johnsburg Rescue squad and the McHenry Area Rescue squad In another incident, divers recovered the body of Leonard A. Butera, 34, of Arlington Heights, who drowned July U in an attempt to aid a canoeist in Bang's lake, Wauconda Butera, who was employed by the Cook County Sheriff's department, was ettempting to help canoeists who were struggling to right an overturned craft. Wauconda police said one of the canoeists began having trouble breathing and Butera attempted to aid her. A friend of Butera's jumped into the water with a life preserver, but wes unable to reach him The incident was reported at 12:32 p m., when Aux. Policeman Alan Pitchl was dispatched to Cook's Grove, on Bang's lake. Pitchl dove repeatedly to locate Butera. At l:18\p.m. mutual aid was requested and divers from Wauconda. (Continued on p«f • IS) City Supports Small Park After considerable discussion, the McHenry City Council voted to develop s small pork near Fox Ridge subdivision at a coot not to exceed $1,000 The matter wes brought to the council's attention by Park Director Peter Merkel, who relayed the con- corns of sree citizens. Merkel said the area in queetion ie a 14-acre percel of open land, which the reoidenta of the area want to uee es e baseball diamond. Merkel noted thet moot of the land ie wetland, but e corner of the property could be suitable for e playground. However, to get to the perk, an easement has to be granted by the owners of another parcel, Reoidential Development Group (RDG). Merkel reported to the council that he had not been able to reach RDG President Donald Oersted in order to reech en The roqueot had been to that the proponents of the boil-out plan had held at least three meetings and pointed out thet he had not hoard anything new et the third that he had not heard at the first. "Evidsntly they don't hove the original develop the privately-owned parcel but the council did not went to uee city funds to improve private land. McHenry Mayor Jooeph Stanek suggeeted taking some equipment into the area and leveling the area to make it playeble for the remainder of the summer. Merkel propooed waiting until fall and turning over the land and seeding it so that it would be in good shape for next spring. Aid. Michael Wieser (3rd ward) pointed out that the parcel is technically landlocked. "This leads to easements," Wieser said. He suggested the matter be sent to committee because no one could give an accurate description of the work to be done or the coot involved. Stanek said the coat would just be labor and he noted that the parcel would no longer be landlocked when Dartmoor road is extended to the west. "We're just asking to level it out and clean it out," Stanek said. "We're not building a road, just cutting e path." "I hate this last minute, 4 p.m. Monday business," Wieser seid. "What is the rush?" Aid. Jack Pepping (1st word) ex­ pressed dissatisfaction with the council doing committee work during a regular business meeting. "We are doing committee work in council," Pepping seid. "The mayor has one idee, Pete has another. Theee people have a legitimate concern, but we have a process to sddrees thet (Cowtlwwd on ^i|i IS) Wildlife Calendar 'Ownership' in Natural World Pago 19 Cooling Needs Assistance For Low Incomo Households Pago 4 Rabies Control Program A Throat In County Pago 8