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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1985 McHENRY AN EDITION OF THE NORTHWEST HERALD Good Morning Today's Weathei PARTLY SUNNY and a lit­ tle warmer on Friday. High in the lower or middle 80s. Fri­ day night partly cloudy and warmer with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the middle 60s. Local report The first week of Fox Valley Conference football training camp is nearly over. What does the first week mean to the FVC coaches? SEC. A, PAGE 14 iv 4 An increasing number of movie fans are yearning to obtain, and add the "old clas­ sics" to their home video cas­ sette libraries. A Crystal Lake man heads an organiza­ tion of old movie buffs, which finds, and rates the quality of copies of these movies. SEC. B, PAGE 1 meeting at MCC hall Drivers blame traffic YMCA offers fitness classes The Lake Region YMCA begins its schedule of 67 fitness classes each week on Sept. 3. Classes begin at 5:45 a.m. and run until 8 p.m. From starter fitness to advanced, each YMCA class emphasizes the importance of each participant's own fitness level. Classe&are taught by trained certi­ fied YMCA staff who help each individual monitor themselves by taking heart rates at least three times during a 45 minute class session. Information is distributed on weight management, stress manage­ ment, sports injuries, and cardiovascular fitness. Specialty classes include Aquanatics (exercise in the water) with no swimming requirement. The Y's Way to a Healthy Back which is a series of exercises that help relieve lower back pain, Fit n' Firm that works on flexibility, strength and firming exercise with no cardiovascular exercises. YMCA fitness classes run eight weeks with a special price break for those signing up for three or more classes a week. Class fees for full-privileged YMCA members begin at $9. Free-trial period runs from Sept. 3-9. For more information call 4594455. TT 1 Weather 2 Obituary 3 Community Calendar ... 3 Sports 12-14 This is a 2 section, 30 page newspaper © HIoRTHWEST nEWSPAPERS residents blaming the board for or­ dering the study. As Donahue went through the cri­ teria of site selection for a proposed airport, the crowds on hand started to jeer and yell. He was unable to continue his explanations after he stated that Illinois had the "toughest" rules against the taking of farmlands for other purposes, because of the thun dering cheers from the audience. Donahue did outline the four sites, narrowed down from 19 by the advi­ sory committee. The sites under consideration for a proposed airport are: One along Kishwaukee Valley Road in Seneca Township northwest of Woodstock and another located between Huntley and Algonquin in Grafton Township. The third loca­ tion is a site northwest of Huntley, also in Grafton Township and the final site located in Coral Township west of the Knoll Top subdivision. Many of the objectors were repe­ titious in stating their concern of noise and pollution a county airport would create near their homes. However, several of them narrowed down their objections for specific environmental reasons. James Hargleroad, director of the Pleasant Valley Outdoor Center, stated the center's site has been in existence for 32 years and through­ out that time "the environment has been upgraded through the re-estab­ lishment of prairie plants and reforestation." In his appeal to the county, the center's director told of the pine forests and restored prairie. to get owners to drill holes in the bottoms of tires, as one means of combatting the pests. But, Mertes placed great empha­ sis on talking to Nunda Township and Moraine Hills State Park offi­ cials about some kind of control program. Not all the aldermen were con­ vinced by Mertes' indictment of spraying for adult mosquitoes. Aid. Elizabeth Nolan (1st) said spraying had been effective in the past and recommended its consider­ ation for future summers. A staunch opponent of any spray­ ing, Aid. Michael Teta (2nd) said the city could afford neither the money, nor risk from a health standpoint, a spraying program. He said individuals can do, things like dressing properly, avoiding the use of colognes which might attract the pests. "Adulticiding is a waste. It would cost $1,500 to do the 96 miles of McHenry," Mertes said. He pointed out that spraying only works if there is sufficient contact with the insect. If a mosquito hides under a leaf, which incidentally is its home, chances are good the spray will not hit it. Teta also commented that Herald photo by Amy K. Brown Loud as a Jet Close to a thousand people crammed into the McHenry County Col- the McHenry County Board. Citing noise and air pollution in addi- Wednesday most °* them to object to the tion to the disturbance of tranquility in the rural area, the crowd feasibility study for a county airport, which is being conducted by was vocal and demonstrative in its objections. \ Airport objectors pack Majority of the crowd were wear­ ing anti-airport buttons, most of them more than one and many of them hoisting anti-airport posters. J*atcy Donahue of Ralph Burke and Associates, consultants to the county board on the airport feasibil­ ity study, fielded questions from the objectors while Steven Moore, the board's Economic Development Committee chairman, conducted the meeting. Even though Donahue tried to ex­ plain the future need for a county airport, which he said would only be used for small aircraft, his stafte ments were shot down by the opponents. McHenry County Board received most of tfye criticism, with area Mosquito fighting is everyone's "Please do not destroy what we and others before us have been building fOr 32 years ... and, please Ho not change the rural atmosphere of McHenry County," Hargleroad pleaded. Jerry Paulsen of the McHenry County Defenders said his organiza­ tion was joining with other groups in opposing a county airport, "in order to defend the county's healthy e n v i r o n m e n t a n d c u l t u r a l heritage." He said the Defenders' board was unanimous in opposition to a county airport. According to Paulsen, the board cited its support for a rural, agricul­ tural county with open space and attractive small communities. He said the Defenders believed that a county airport would repre­ sent a significant loss of agricultur­ al land and a major long-term drain on public finances and would also change the unique agricultural character of the county. Objector after objector voiced their displeasure with the county board for undertaking the airport feasibility study. Woodstock lawyer H. Joseph Git- lin, representing the Klehm family, which has nursery holdings in the county, said the "ultimate issue will b e s e t t l e d b y t h e c o u n t y board...they have the message and will defeat this solidly," he said of the study and the input of the public. Most of the objectors emphasized there was no economic need for a county airport and they implored that the study be brought to a halt. mishaps on obstacles job Obscured vision was at least par­ tially to blame for several recent traffic accidents in the McHenry area, according to the drivers involved. Denise L. Nowak, 17, 5400 Hillside Drive, McHenry, struck the vehicle of Evelyn O. Nertewitz, 55, 2427 N. B e a c h s i d e R o a d , M c H e n r y , Wednesday as she pulled into the intersection at Alton Road and Hillside. According to a police report, the roads could not be clearly seen be­ cause vegetation was blocking the view. Nowak stated she stopped her vehicle at the intersection, blew her horn and pulled out when the acci­ dent occurred. Nertewitz stated in the report that she unsuccessfully attempted to avoid collision by quickly turning left. More than $250 damage was estimated to Nertewitz's vehicle. In another accident, two vehicles collided when one driver's vision was obscured by a building. Michael Hummel, 25, 7212 Oak St., Wonder Lake, was backing his vehicle into the spray-wash near the intersection of Fairview Avenue and Johnsburg Road when his vehi­ cle struck that of Michael L. Leeke, 18,1304 Jasar. In the report, Leeke stated that his vehicle was struck shortly after attempting to turn right past the stop sign. He said he pulled ahead-to' see around Hummel's vehicle that was parked on private property, near the intersection, when Hum­ mel began backing into his vehicle. Leeke stated he sounded his horn to stop Hummel because traffic barred his vehicle from moving foreward or backward. More than $250 damage was done to the front end of Leeke's vehicle. Two-car crash A parked truck played a part in a two-vehicle collision in the 3700 block of Elm Street last Tuesday. McHenry Police reports indicate a car driven by Stephen C. Leiser, 32, of 912 E. Dayton St., Madison, Wis., pulled out from a private drive, striking another auto. The other car was driven by Harold M. Miller, 69, of 2718 Old Oak Drive, McHenry. Leiser told McHenry Police his vision was blocked by a parked truck. Injury reported Injuries were reported in a two- car collision on Monday at the inter­ section of Front Street and Medical Center Drive. Joan J. Seifert, 45, of 4615 Park­ view, McHenry, was taken to North­ ern Illinois Medical Center (NIMC) after her car was hit in the rear by another vehicle. McHenry Police issued a ticket for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident to Shirley E. Hosie, 63, of 1003 Totem Trail, McHenry. Ho­ sie said her foot slipped from the brake pedal and the two vehicles collided. Driver cited Lloyd E. Bergquist, 24, of 4611 Ashley Drive, McHenry, was cited for improper lane usage after losing control of the car he was driving and running into a mailbox. The accident occurred at 11:16 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of A s h l e y D r i v e a n d C u m b e r l a n d Circle. spraying for adult mosquitoes also kills many beneficial insects as well. Mertes said the public has to be taught to eliminate breeding sites, i.e. anything that collects water, around their homes. Also, pressure must be applied to get some kind of l a r v i c i d i n g p r o g r a m i n N u n d a Township and, if possible, Moraine Hills State Park, Mertes said. The Illinois Department of Conservation has been reluctant to use any mea­ sures to control mosquitoes in the parkland southeast of McHenry. Larviciding involves treating breeding sites with Bacillus Thurin- giensis (BT), a bacteria that kills mosquitoes from the inside. Mertes also noted that mosquitoes have a range of five miles and suggested that much of the problem could lie to the south. While McHenry Township has contracted for a larviciding pro­ gram, Nunda Township has none. City Attorney Bernard Narusis suggested one avenue might be get­ ting the two townships together in a mosquito abatement district. No action was taken, but it is expected that there will be some interaction concerning the problem. Button winners The third week winners of the $50 prize in the McHenry Plain- dealer's "Bright and Early" contest are Mr. and Mrs. James Jan- sen of McHenry. The Button Baron will be out looking for more peo­ ple wearing their buttons to become eligible for the grand prize Las Vegas trip for two. Lottery Daily Game: 260 Pick Four: 9605 LOTTO grand prize: million By Angela Burden Plaindealer-Herald News Service They entered by the hundreds and soon new close to a thousand, the objectors to a proposed county air­ port who crammed into a Wednes­ day night meeting. Probably one of the largest public meetings in McHenry County was held Wednesday night in the gymna­ sium at McHenry County College when these hundreds of people came to show their objections to the airport feasibility study being con­ ducted by McHenry County Board. Once the bleachers were full to capacity, people began to line the walls and sit on the floors until the whole of the facility was full. By Anthony Oliver Plaindealer staff writer Over the past few weeks or so, McHenry has been inundated by pests. Mosquitoes to be precise, and though their numbers are dwin­ dling, relief is a way off. Jeff Mertes, of Protection Unlim­ ited, answered questions from coun- cilmen at the regular meeting Wednesday night. Protection Un­ limited of Lake Villa is the firm hired by both McHenry and McHen­ r y T o w n s h i p f o r m o s q u i t o abatement. Mertes said adulticiding is use­ less; achieving a 10 percent "knock down" in city areas like McHenry. "Instead of 10 mosquito bites, you'll get nine," Mertes said. He admitted that adulticiding (spray­ ing) can be more effective in wood­ ed areas where mosquitoes are known to exist. More recently, however, area res­ idents can attest to a greater than average number of the little pests,* which have been making outdoor life miserable. Mertes reported that a peak of 195 mosquitoes have been taken per light-trap ( measuring de­ vices) per night. Depending on who you talk to, 20 or 40 is considered a $14 nuisance level. He also commented that the number is dropping, with the latest available figure at 135. The figures point to that six-inch rain in mid-July as the culprit for the recent massive outbreak. That rain exposed many more sites to the water and heat mosquitoes eggs need to hatch. "When we look for sites, we don't calibrate for a six-inch rain," Mertes said. Mertes said communication and education would be the most effec­ tive tools against the bothersome insects. For example, Mertes is currently waging a communication war con­ cerning rubber tires. Tires used for swings, tires used as fenders on piers and tires just laying around. Tires make ideal incubators, hold­ ing both water and heat for eggs to hatch. He said he would try to ap­ pear before the tavern association (r