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March PLAINDEALER- HERALD GOOD MORNING! Three directors and a new police coordinator were nam­ ed to the board of the McHenry Area CrimeStop- pers. Photos of the four and more details appear on page one of section two. rime I N D E X SHAW FREE PRESS MEDIA. INC Business Page 5 Cfiurch ... Sect. 2. Page 3 Life Today Page 8 Vrtume 109. Number 55 Neighbors Page 6 Obituaries Page 7 Schools Page 12 2 Sections, 30 pages Plaindealer-Herald makes some changes The McHenry Plaindealer Herald introduces some changes in its presentation of news, beginning with this issue. In order to increase reader interest in the Plaindealer Herald's "Section Two", its content will change somewhat. . Our well-read sports pages will run in the second section, with an expanded format. An average of four pages of sports will be featured in each issue. A "highlight" box, similar to that used on the front page of the newspaper, will give sports readers quick reference to the pages Classified advertising pages will similarly run in the second section. The section two "index" will indicate those pages in each issue. Probably/ the most noticable of changes will be the front page of the second section, which we hope to present as a second "front page" of sorts. Look for that page to get more local news, important to the McHenry community With the sports pages moving to the second sec­ tion, the excellent exposure of the last page, first section will be used to its best ad­ vantage.' Readers will find the Plaindealer Herald's guest columns, "So I Hear" and "Musin' and Mean- derin" as a major feature of the page. Another reader favorite, "Twice Told Tales," will be published on the page, as well as an oc­ casional feature columnist While the explanation of these changes may sound like a lot of shuffling, we feel our readers will find our paper better presented and easier to read. Best of all, we believe these changes will allow our readers to Suickly reference, and find leir favorite articles. Unfortunately, changes cannot take place without some that are perhaps less desirable. Beginning March 1, the news stand price of the McHenry Plaindealer Herald will be hiked slightly to 35 cents per copy. The newspaper cannot any longer meet its distribution expenses at the existing price and therefore the change is necessary. Sub­ scription prices, however, are not effected in the price change. Throughout all the changes, which from time to time effect all in business, the McHenry Plaindealer Herald strives to produce an exceptional product to in­ form and entertain our readers. As always, we will welcome reader responses. S H A W F R E E P R E S S M E D I A . I N C Fr iday , March 1 , 1985 New Names LIFE TODAY PAGE Trade Fair gets underway tonight at Parkland School The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Trade Fair will kick off this evening at 5 p.m. at Parkland School, west Route 120 and Ringwood Road. This showcase of products, services, job opportunities and community organizations will run over three days, with free admission and an "all welcome" policy. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 2; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, March 3. The Trade Fair is one of Chamber's largest projects during the year. The fair will feature more than 135 exhibitors, as well as seminars, special guests, prize giveaways, entertainment and refresh­ ments. Fair-goers can benefit from demonstrations, discount coupons and free samples, and take with them a better knowledge of the products and services available in the im­ mediate area. Free parking will be provided at Parkland School, RAE Corporation and McHenry Sand and Gravel. Arrangements for overflow parking at the McHenry American Legion have also been completed. A free shuttle service will be provided from parking areas to the fair site. New to the fair this year is a policy that requires all children to be accompanied by a parent. Youth of high school age and up will be admitted to the fair with a high school identification card. *. Also new this year is the "Trade Fair Treasure Chest," where persons may redeem their Trade Fair dollars for over $8,000 in merchandise and certificates. Among the featured guests at the Trade Fair will be: Congressman Phil Crane, for whom a reception will be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday; Ribbie the White Sox mascot, from noon to 3:30 p.m. Saturday; and Heide Bender, who is Miss McHenry of 1984 as well as Miss McHenry County 1984. These five massive flood control gates (above) control the level of the river. By opening or closing the gates, the lockmaster can vary the storage capacity of the river and, to some degree, the Chain-of- Lakes. Most recently, the gates have been wide open and are one reason flooding has not posed a serious problem to date in the McHenry area. This is the second half of a two-part series on drug addiction in area schools, and the Student Assistance Program which is offered in the McHenry * Johnsburg and Alden-Hebron school districts. The names of the students interviewed have been changed to protect their identities. 0 By Robert Gordon Plaindealer Herald aUff writer Every young man and woman has been or will be exposed to the drug subculture that exists in this society, and he or she will have a tremendously difficult decision to make. Some youtns will say "no" to the offer of a "hit" from a joint, a "toot" of cocaine or a "shot" of hard liquor. Others will satisfy their curiosity. Of those teens who decide to experiment with drugs and-or alcohol, one-out-of-ten will become a drug addict or alcoholic. Chances are good the youth will not develop a dependancy, and will keep abuse in check. But for those individuals who are part of the ten percent figure, the nagging obsession for a high that traps them can make every day a miserable proposition. Robert, a sophomore at an area high school, has felt this pain first-hand. "When I was 12-years-old, I tried speed for the first time, and I remember I was nervous and I did it because I wanted to be ac­ cepted by my peers," Robert said. In seventh grade, Robert got hooked on marijuana. By the middle of his freshman year, his peers labeled him a "burnout." "I couldn't sit still in the classroom like an hour before lunch," he said. "I couldn't wait to get stoned. Sometimes I'd just get a pass to the washroom and get high." After smoking pot in school, Robert would put eye-drops in to mask the redness. In October of his first year in high school, he was caught with pot, suspended for 10 days and kicked out of the football program. Soon after he came back to school, he stole fifteen dollars from a teacher's purse to support his drug habit. Again he was caught and suspended. "After that, I told myself I was really going to quit, but I used every day I was suspended," Robert said. And he continued getting deeper and deeper into the drug habit. "I failed freshman year and had to go to summer school," ne said. "We'd get a 45-minute break and I'd go back to a friend s house and smoke pot." That summer he said he bought some LSD to sell, and ended up using it himself. He also tried smoking opium for the first time. "Alter I did the opium, I became intrigued by it and I craved it everyday-and I still do. "There are times when I'm in a place and I smell it in my mind, and I wish to God I could smoke it, but thank God I don't." Asked how he could afford the opium, acid and pot, Robert said he managed to get the drugs by "stealing, wheeling and dealing." "I stole from my parents, stole pot from other users...I used people to get my drugs. I manipulated." When the beginning of this school year arrived, Robert again vowed to stay away from drugs. He said he wrote the personal resolution down, signed it and even promised his sister he would stay "straight." But once again his addiction was too much for him. He bought two ounces of pot, and sold most of it at school before he actions were detected and he was caught. Again he was suspended and kicked off the football team. However, this time he was also taken down to the police station and booked for possession. "I tried to get myself to cry to get my parents to feel sorry for me, but I couldn't do it this time," he said. "I just sat there like I didn't care." Although Robert was still not convinced he had a drug problem, his parents were, and took him to a Student Assistance Program counselor. The counselor recommended that Robert be put into Lovellton Treatment Center in Elgin. However, his stay there was less than successful since on the very night he arrived, ne secretly smoked marijuana. "They checked me for drugs but I had a hole in my jacket (that they did not detect)," Robert said. "And there was loose reefer there, and so I used in treatment. I put it in a cigarette. The third week at Lovellton, he snuck out with three other patients, headed to the streets of Elgin and "came up to people and begged for drugs." He and his buddies "scored' when a man handed them four marijuana roaches-butts of marijuana cigarettes which still contain some of the leaf and stems, that can be smoked or eaten. But he and his friends were found out, and Robert was kicked out for having a "bad attitude." "At this time, I started figuring I might have some sort of drug problem because I was using in treatment and I couldn't even stay straight in a treatment center,"he said. But although he was slowly coming to the realization that he was a drug addict, his resistance became even more intensified when his parents sent him to the Forest Foundation Drug Center-a locked facility. "My dad said he didn't want me to come home until I was off drugs," he said. "I rebelled and told my dad I hated him and I never wanted to see him again." Robert was expelled from Forest Hospital, but before he left, the counselors there told him that if he wanted to kick his drug habit, he'd have to change his attitude. "They said, 'You learned all you can learn, and it's your choice TEENS--Page 3 Careful watch kept on spring flooding By Anthony Oliver Herald sun writer Barring some unforseen natural event, like a spring downpour coupled with a sudden ground thaw, property owners in the Fox River basin should escape flooding conditions that have hit other Midwestern communities. Flooding like that in Fort Wayne, Ind.t and other Mid­ western communities in the news recently simply has not occurred along the Fox...and is not expected. Frank Novak, lockmaster at McHenry Lock and Dam, keeps tabs on water levels at least twice-a-day at different locations from Wilmot, Wis., to Algonquin, 111. "Compared to the vast majority in this part of the country, we're looking pretty good," Novak said. "The Kankakee and DesPlaines Rivers are causing more trouble than the Fox." With the rapid melting of a lot of snow and the rains of the past weekend, one eould expect trouble from the Fox River. But, there hasn't been any and a nuajor reason for this is "draw large steel flood conSoTgates are opened to "draw down" the level of the Fox River and, to some extent, the Chain-of- Lakes. "As recently as last Thursday, we were more than three feet below the summer level and the Chain was about two feet below," Novak said. The draw down of the river and lakes provides storage room for melting snow and spring rains. But, it doesn't always >vide enough as veterans of last couple of years will remember. Draw down also leads to a lot of complaints from duck hunters and fishermen who say they can't get their boats through channels that are shallow even during the summer. Other riverfront residents contend the draw down gives them time to repair piers and seawalls. Novak admits stoically that it's all part of the job. "We're in about the best shape we could be in," Novak said. "The problem is, it's not enough.' He explained that the storage volume caused by draw down is pretty small compared to the amount of water that could come down on ground that is already saturated. A week ago, there was 14 inches of snow, which, for all practical purposes is now gone, Novak said. The melted snow, FLOOD--Page 4 Voters office will be p.m. Monday, March 4, so that people can register to vote in the April 2 election. In this election, voters will decide who will be the next mayor, alderman in each of the city's four wards, city clerk and treasurer. \