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PAGE 20 - PLA1NPEALER - WEDNESDAY, APRIL6,1983 --Approved an academic honors banquet recognizing students in the EXTEND DATE FOR WATER RATE VOTE (Continued from poflo 1) fourth ward residents serviced by the company. The cross-examination of company representatives has been continued to April 25, because the company filed 1981 financial information, rather than 1982 data. The appropriate in­ formation is to be filed with both the ICC and the city, according to City Attorney Bernard Narusis. In issuing the extension of the suspension order, the commission said the investigation into the propriety of the proposed rate in­ crease has not been concluded. VIEW BUILDING CHANGES AS SCHOOL GROWS (Continued from pago 1) facility to provide extra classroom space. An expenditure of $17,193, minus possible in-house labor savings, was approved to implement a four-phase rearrangement plan. Returning students will have to re-orient themselves as Counseling moves to the cafeteria area, and Special Education and Health • Occupations find different homes. At a previous meeting, authorization was given for em­ ploying the equivalent of 2.5 more instructors to serve the students' needs. An increased in kindergarten enrollment, also, led to approval of the hiring of a half-time instructor at that grade level. In further action, the Youth Ad­ visory Committee was given approval for an Activity account. The com­ mittee is a board-approved student group dedicated to improving school food service. It was jokingly noted that YAC has taken the "Yuk" out of school lunches. Graduation activities were set for the following dates: Johnsburg high school Honors Assembly, Friday morning, May 27; Baccalaureate service, Friday evening, May 27; and commencement, Sunday afternoon, May 29. Johnsburg Junior high school graduation will be held Tuesday evening, May 31. The board further approved a Public Law 94-142 Grant application for federal funds to support special education programs. Dr. Andreas described the funds as "serving the unserved." The amount requested was $52,283. A total of $10,082 of the amount goes directly to the Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM). Life-safety building repairs at Ringwood and Bush elementary schoolds received board attention but further work must be put out for bids before action can be taken. In other action the school board: --Approved an expenditure of $3,275 for the purchase of additional athletic uniforms. top 10 percent of their classes scholastically. --Transferred $984.50 from the Contingency fund for expenses to send five Vocational-Industrial Clubs of America contest winners and two sponsors to Springfield for regional tests. --Decided no to build a Building Trades house in the 1983-84 year but to provide skills training instead. --Adopted a disciplinary policy for grade school bus riders. --Set school fees for 1983-84 at $9 for kindergarten; $14, grades 1-5; $18, grades 6-8; and $22, high school. OKAY RESTRICTIVE PARK POLICIES (Continued from pago 1) Aid. Smith also contended that the zoning petition did not contain entirely accurate information. The zoning hearing for Dr. William W. Busch, Jr., D.D.S. is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, at 7 p.m. Dr. Busch has opened an office at the in­ tersection of Green and Pearl streets. Mayor Stanek said there was a' difference between himself and the Building and Zoning officer, Orville Andrews, concerning the in­ terpretation of the ordinance. The mayor said he authorized a temporary permit until such time as the matter was addressed by the Zoning Board of Appeals and the council. "I felt our agents or ordinance caused an undue hardship," said Mayor Stanek. The council voted to make a $750 donation to the V.F.W. for the use of their baseball diamonds by the Little League, with the stipulation that this was the last year. Aid. Pepping commented that the city now has facilities which were absent in previous years and should stop the subsidy. He suggested making no donation. Last year, the city donation was $1,500. "By now, this program should have been integrated into our park program," said Aid. Edward Datz (2nd). Aid. Ronald Meurer (4th) spoke in favor of making the $1,500 donation, saying the city was not able to ac­ commodate the 400 to 500 boys who take part in Little League. Aid. Smith made a motion to ap­ prove the $750 donation. It passed unanimously. Aid: Pepping commented, "They have to decide if they want to stay (at the V.F.W.) or not. If they come to the city, then we should make every effort to accommodate them." In other business: --The council passed a resolution concerning the Illinois Coil Spring grant application to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. --On a 7-1 vote, the council passed the "Small Tract Subdivision Or­ dinance," which simplifies the sub­ division of parcels 1.0 acres in size or less. Aid. David Gelwicks voted against, citing opposition to the 1.0 acre minimum. --Mayor Stanek proclaimed April 10-16 "Private Property Week," a move spearheaded by the National Association of Realtors. --The council approved merit pay increases for nine employees in the Police department. The motion passed unanimously. --The council approved the part- time employment of Richard Weber, to take effect after his retirement 'frtrn the Public Works department. FOX WATER LEVEL RISES » (Continued from page 1) we dumped this much water down­ stream all winter long without being able to get the level down." Spring is the wrong time of year to have a saturated watershed, Novak said, because additional rains will compound the problem. Also, it is unlikely that time will pass for three or four weeks without having another significant rainstorm. If, for example, this rain happened in July or August, there would not be near the problem. In summer, rains are less frequent, which leaves some storage capacity in the ground. Further, the hot weather helps to dry out the ground faster between rains. Another important point, Novak said, is the transpiration process. In the Fox river basin, most of the watershed is agricultural land, as opposed to the Des Plaines river basin which is primarily asphalt. "Corn sops up water like crazy," Novak said. Water is then "tran­ spired" from the leaves of the plant back into the atmosphere, rather than running into the Fox river. "On my way to work this morning (Saturday), I took a drive around the county," Novak said. "The whole county is one big puddle. You walk outside and the ground goes squish, squish. There is no storage. Every drop than falls has only one place to go" Novak was not terribly optimistic about the near future. "We'll be running high for at least a couple of weeks," Novak said. And that is if there are no more rains. "It's not time for evacuation or anything, but people should be keeping an eye open," Novak advised. "We're pushing as much as we can, but we can't flood downstream while the people upstream are sitting high and dry. We'll move as much as we can and keep it close to the flood stage." TIME FOR EASTER CANDY-It may have been raining and cold Saturday, but it didn't mean McHenry's youngsters would be deprived of candy-filled Easter eggs donated by McHenry area merchants. Above, Pat Wirtz hands out the eggs to two unidentified children in the City Media Personalities Will Headline Ag Days Program Jim Lilly, editor of Prairie Farmer magazine, and Max Armstrong, WGN radio and T.V. personality, will headline the list of speakers par­ ticipating in McHenry County Ag Days '83. Billed as the largest county agricultural event outside the fair, this program will be held April 6 and 7 at Andres Steak House in Richmond. Jim Lilly will open the two-day session Wednesday morning with an overview of agriculture in the larger perspective. Max Armstrong will serve as the speaker for the closing banquet Thursday evening. In addition to these presentations, the Ag Days program will feature 14 subject-matter seminars and over 30 commercial exhibits. All McHenry county producers, whether full-time or part-time, are encouraged to attend and may register by contacting the extension office at 815-338-3737 or 338-4747. Registration fees vary according to participation. False Reporting In Crash DEDICATE VILLAGE HALL The Village of Holiday Hills has announced the dedication of the newly completed village hall building Sunday, April 10, at 2 p.nnu Clarence Young,, a long time vfflage rtsid&rt, will act as master of ceremonies. In addition, the Village Hall commission will sponsor an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. the same day. Refreshments will be served. A driver and passenger were ticketed by McHenry County Sheriffs police for false reporting following a one-car accident on Lincoln road, at Rosedale, last weekend. A witness to the accident told police he was traveling east on Lincoln road and saw a vehicle fail to negotiate a curve and crash into several trees. The reporting officer found the car, with considerable damage, but no occupants of the vehicle were present. Told by the witness that he had taken the occtq>ants of the vehicle to #n address on Kent road, the officer contacted Andrew J. Fox, 606 N. Kent, McHenry, the driver of the car. Fox told police he had been driving the vehicle earlier that evening, but left it parked with the keys inside. He said friends must have taken it as a prank Would you hold up this train for $500,000,000 Know TIE "=C Weather It comes from mines in Montana and Wyomins. Twenty-eight times a week. And the cargo it carries is coal. Low-sulfur coal. The fuel for close to half of the electricity northern Illinois runs on every day In case you don't think that's worth a whole lot, think about this. Using coal to make the other half would have cost an extra five-hundred- million thousand tons-to dollars last year equal the energy That's what we saved we get from just one by using uranium instead. ton of uranium. The fact is, it takes If that's hard to a mountain of coal-- picture, imagine a train over one-hundred- ten miles long. Car after car after car after car. Nine- hundred-ninety-six cars in all, each filled to the top with coal. Versus just one car, empty except for one small corner of uranium. In terms of savings, the difference is just as enormous. We weren't exaggerating. Five- hundred-million dollars last year alone. Or sixty dol lars every year for a typical residential customer It's not chicken feed. But it's not enough either The more of those twenty-eight trains a week we can hold up, the more you can save. Can one foretell anything about the weather by care­ fully noticing the color of the clouds above? The answer is that only limited weather information can be detected from obser­ vation of cloud colors. The truth is, in fact, clouds have no color. It may be hard to believe but clouds are colorless. Their apparent color results from reflection. The particles of moisture in a cloud reflects so much light at so many angles, they give a white appearance. Take away the sun, and clouds become darker objects on the earth below, too. Little can be learned from watching the apparent color changes in clouds. Dark clouds on bright sunny days in summer do indicate a con­ centration of moisture so heavy as to blot out the light of the sun, and may indicate rain. But other color hues may mean only that certain clouds are at the moment reflecting colors from below, on the earth. or else it was stolen. A companion, Anthony W. Pennington, 1806 N. Riverside drive, McHenry, also denied being involved in the accident. Fox was ticketed for false reporting and failure to notify police of an ac­ cident. Pennington was cited for false reporting. Kerri Lynn Boettcher, 4115 Thompson road, Wonder Lake, was driving north on E. Wonder Lake road, Wonder Lake, when her car struck a parked vehicle. Ms. Boett­ cher told police she saw parked cars on both sides of the road. When she applied the brakes, the car began to hydroplane and hit the car. The parked vehicle was registered to Gerardo Mendosa, 7509 N. Oak, Wonder Lake. Ruth A. Hogan, 6610 Barnard Mill road, Ringwood, was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way following a two-car collision at Route 31 and Crystal Lake road. Ms. Hogan was attempting a left turn onto Route 31 when the collision occurred. Joseph A. Castillo, 5409 Orchard Way, McHenry, was backing from a driveway and did not see a car driven by Richard Yanke, 2425 N. Alton, McHenry. No citations were issued. BLOOD BANK CENTER The Aurora Area Blood Bank has established a permanent center for blood donations only at 1750 Grand­ stand place, north of Larkin avenue, ElginJtopenedFriday, April 1. Hours Monday through Thursday are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For further information, call 312 741-8282. Hall chambers as their mother looks on. The Parks & Recreation department of the City of McHenry was forced to change plans and substitute the give-away program for the scheduled Easter Egg hunt in Petersen park. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Charge Man In Monday Burglary McHenry police arrested a 19-year- old McHenry man in connection with the Monday night burglary at the Spirit Of A New Decade restaurant, 1225 N. Green street, McHenry. Wally A. Henshall, 19, 3204 Stillhill, McHenry, has been charged with burglary, theft over $300 and criminal damage to property under $300. McHenry Police Officer Jeffrey Foerster responded to a call of a burglary in progress at about 9:30 p.m. Monday evening. Henshall was taken into custody just outside of a window of the establishment. Boards had been removed to gain entry to the building and an air compressor was reportedly taken. The investigation into the incident is continuing. Three McHenry area residents were arrested and charged by McHenry County Sheriff's police in connection with the attempted theft of auto wheels and tires. County police received a call that one person was being detained at the home of Charles Neeley, 627 Amanda, McHenry, and that two others had left in a car, which was later found. In the vehicle were found two wheels and tires from the Neeley auto. In addition, the lug nuts on the remaining tires had been loosened in an attempt to take them. Charles Adams, 21, 3701 Ellen, Cynthia Henderson, 19, 34646 Iroquois trail, and Nancy Hupe, 18, 501 S. Emerald, all of McHenry, were each charged with theft under $300 and attempted theft under $300. Bond was set at $2,000 each. County police also investigated a burglary at the home of Anthony Valno, 1815 Sunnyside Beach drive, McHenry. A window had been forced and a bed, television, movie camera, battery charger and tackle box stolen. GOODWILL VISIT Goodwill Industries local representative Agnes Adams has announced that the Goodwill truck will be in McHenry Friday, April 8. For pick-up information call 385-0863. CONSERVATION MEETING The next regular meeting of the board of trustees of the McHenry County Conservation district will take place April 7 at 7 p.m. in the district office at 6512 Harts road, Ringwood. Absentee Voting Hours Are Extended For April 12 Vote The County Clerk's office will remain open Saturday, April 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to permit absentee voting for electors expecting to be absent from the county for the April 12, consolidated general election. The office is now accepting in person and mail applications for absentee voting. In person absentee applications can be accepted up to 5 p.m. Monday, April 11. The last day to receive applications by mail is Thursday, April 7. Applications for absentee voting may be obtained by calling 815-338- 2040 or writing to the office of County Clerk, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, 111., 60098. 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