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Good Morning McHENRY AN EDITION OF THE NORTHWEST HERALD FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 •It's tough to be a Democrat' j--^-- -- -- -- -- i I , , -- -- -- . Dixon leads 4pep rallyy in McHenry U.S. Sen. Alan Dixon, D-Ill., encourages local Democrats to get on the ticket for various 1966 elections. Dixon appeared at a fundraiser held at the V.F.W. hall in McHenry Wednesday night. By Anthony Oliver Plaindealer staff writer "We can put together the kind of ticket in 1986 that can win from top to bottom," Sen. Alan Dixon told about 80 county Democrats Wednes­ day evening. Dixon, D-Ill., made a short ap­ pearance at a McHenry County Democratic Central Committee fund-raiser at the V.F.W. in McHen­ ry. The U.S. senator challenged lo­ cal party members to "scratch out a few extra points." Dixon said farmland values have dropped 32.5 percent last year and the first quarter of this year. In the Great Depression (1933), farmland values dropped only 19 percent, he added. "If we lose the family farm, you haven't seen what food and fiber will cost - and the Adminstration doesn't care," Dixon said. "I led the fight for credit for farmers...we got it through the Senate...and the pres- idenJLvetoed it." -Dixon said the Administration's message was to "let the free mar­ ket work." The senator said, howev­ er, there was no free market. "Ifi Europe, they subsidize everything," he said. He pointed out that imports of Canadian hogs last year increased four times over previous levels and added that Canadian government subsidies amount to $9 a head. -I was in Tokyo and beef was sell­ ing for $27-a-pound, Dixon said. ** "Here, cattle farmers are going brolte and we can't sell beef in To­ kyo," he said, referring to Japan's strict import laws. "The Democrats win in the rural areas. The Demo­ cratic Party fares well with the farmers. We are going to fare well in 1986." v, State Rep. Grace Mary Stern, D- Highland Park, also attended the fund-raiser and said Democratic candidates would be "oozing" out everywhere and predicted a race in every primary. Dixon echottl this saying this is the year to be on the ticket. "There's no secret to winning," Dixon said. "It takes a little brains and a lot of hard work. I got off the first of August and I've been work­ ing the state every day since." He cautioned the Democrats to avoid infighting and "getting mad at one another." "The llth Commandment of the Democratic Party is thou shalt not say anything nasty or cruel about a Democratic candidate," Dixon said. The decision should be made in the primary and then support the tick­ et, he added. "I really appreciate what you (McHenry Democrats) do," Dixon said. "It's tough to be a Democrat in McHenry County." He commented that winning in places like McHenry, Lake and Du- Page counties was "scratching out a few extra points." Man surrenders after hostage drama By Anthony Oliver Plaindealer staff writer A four-hour hostage situation end­ ed peacefully late Wednesday night when John Pahnke surrendered to McHenry County Sheriff's Police in the Village of Holiday Hills. Panke, .36, held his wife hostage and then'barricaded himself in an unattached garage at his residence, 1404 Sunset Drive, McHenry. He kept county, Holiday Hills, Prairie Grove and Island Lake police offi­ cers at bay following a domestic dispute which was reported at about 7:40 p.m. Aug. 28. McHenry County Sheriff Henry "Hank" Nulle said Thursday that Pahnke was armed with a .38 cali­ ber handgun and a shotgun. Safe tips for holiday travelers By Kelly S. Thompson Plaindealer Staff Writer Vacationers planning road trips over Labor day weekend would be wise to heed safety rules if the) want to avoid being a statistic on Tuesday. £>asf%ear, 31 people were killed and 1,807 injured in Illinois over the holiday weekend, according to sta­ tistics from the Illinois Department Of Transportation. Whether the new seat belt law will have any effect on traffic fatalities and injuries is yet tp be determined, said an IDOT spokesman Thursday. Although the new law, coupled with predicted fair weather in the Chicago area, should serve to lower figures, traffic police are taking no chances. ' Departments are beefing-up pa­ trols in order to combat potential Witnesses told county officers that they heard two shots fired prior to the arrival of police. A third man, who was reportedly a long-time friend of the family, was caught in the middle. He ran from the area when shots Were fired and was in­ jured when he collided with a fence. The man, who was unable to be identified at press time, was treated for possible rib injuries and an arm laceration, but refused to be taken to a hospital. Holiday Hills Police Chief Craig Caldwell said he did not really know just how the third person fit into the situation. He may have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. When police arrived on the scene, verbal contact was made by calling to Pahnke, who was in the garage. Later, a phone line was established between the occupants of the ga­ rage and the police on the outside. A county police officer acted as the negotiator, according to CaldwelL The negotiating team was backed up by at least three members of the county's. Emergency Response team (ERf). The heavily-armed lERT members arrived in olive drab fatigues and boots and provided support for the negotiators and oth­ er people on the scene in case the worst possible situation took place. The negotiations continued through early evening and on into the night when the first success was noted. At about 10:35 p.m., Pahke released his wife, Joyce, unharmed to the county police waiting outside the garage. After about another hour of negotiating, Pahnke surren­ dered to police. At the scene, about the only indi­ cation that the situation had been successfully resolved was at 11:40 p.m., when Caldwell told members of the McHenry Township Fire De­ partment that the ambulance was no longer needed. The volunteers were called upon to stand by at the scene throughout the incident. Caldwell said his primary respon­ sibility Wednesday night was to se­ cure the area and aid the county police, which has the manpower to handle situations like this. "The/county handled the negotia­ tions and I felt they did a great job," Caldwell said. i® v- • - - BaBittiaHl M WBS ̂tmim aBmBSMi Going up Three roof workers ply their trade on a new building being constructed on Route 31 at Kane TRAVEL - Page 3 Avenue. The new center is slated to be called Wa­ lter Tower Plaza and will house commercial and professional offices. Sludge dumping debate continues By Carol Stevens and Plaindealer News Service and Kelly Thompson Plaindealer Staff Writer Representatives from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and about 140 Johnsburg area resi­ dents faced off Wednesday night in a heated match over sludge application. IEPA spokesmen hold that dump­ ing sludge on Kattner's farm is safe, so they will continue doing it. Citizens contend that no agency offi­ cials are monitoring the site, so its safety cannot be determined. Sludge from the Fox Lake Sewage Treatment Plant in Lake County is being deposited on Kattner's farm in McHenry County. The farm is SiHiated on Mill Road in Spring Grove. "I don't believe these materials (in the sludge) are safe. You have to prove it to me," said Lou Marchi, a chemist with the McHenry County Defenders. - But S. Alan Keller, IEPA manag­ er of the sludge program, said sludge testing at the Fox Lake Sew­ age Plant has shown that the heavy metals it contains are within an acceptable level. „ Also, officials are monitoring the site, said John Revuori of the May- wood IEPA office. He said he visit­ ed the site twice and County Health Department officials have visited it four times. Sen. Jack Schaffer, R-Cary, asked whether Lake County and agency officials might consider entering into an agreement to beef-up en­ forcement of IEPA regulations. The agreement would allow the county a right to enforce the regulations. However, Ed Buss, chairman of the McHenry Board, said such an agreement might pose a liability problem. Law suits might ensue if the county allows the dumping and later finds it to be a hazard. "The county does pot have the dollars to fulfill this obligation. We cannot afford to be the one sued," Busse said. • Shaffer replied that an agreement could speed replies to citizens' com­ plaints. Someone has to pick up the slack for the manpower shortage, he added. If the site is not monitored, area residents fear toxic chemicals might seep into water supplies. But Keller said there is no danger to water resources because 12 inch­ es of soil content is sandy loam and 12 inches is sandy silt. At the meeting last week, Marchi said sand works as a seive admit­ ting free flow of hazardous waste. Other concerns surround issue of the permit to transport sludge over the county line. Today's Weather: Mostly sunny Friday. High in the upper 70s or lower 80s. North to northeast winds 8 to 15 mph. Fair Friday night. Low in the middle or upper 50s. Lottery Daily game: 442 Pick Four: 3017 LOTTO grand prize: $6 million. Local report Eyecare seminar planned "Outpatient Surgery to Lessen Eyeglass dependency" will be the subject of a talk by Robert Epstein, MD., director of the Illinois Center for Corrective Eye Surgery. The public seminar will be presented at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19. at the Northern Illinois Medical Center. It will be held in the private dining room. For more information call 1-800-NEAREYE. Lights to be removed The temporary red flashing lights at Pearl Street and Riverside Drive may soon be gone. According to Supt. of Public Works Paul J. Halvensleben, the bridge construction has reached a point where they are no longer needed. Further, it is anticipated that the lights, poles, wiring and controls will be removed within the next week- and-a-half. When the lights are gone, the intersection will once again be controlled be the four-way stop signs. No newspaper on Monday Due to the celebration of the Labor Day holiday, there will be no Monday edition of the McHenry Plaindealer. Publication will re­ sume with the Tuesday, Sept. 3 edition. We at Northwest Newspa­ pers hope all our readers have a safe and happy Labor Day. INDEX/SECTION A Weather 2 Neighbors 5 Obituaries 3 Sports 12-14 This is a 3 section, 38 page newspaper ©RIoRTHWEST nEWSPAPERS Police report road accidents An Island Lake man alledgedly caused an accident while trying to read home addresses. Terrance J. Bourke, 21,108 Hazel Court, Island Lake, was traveling east on N. Oak Street at a slow speed while searching for an ad­ dress. He realized he had passed the address while in the middle of the intersection with E. Wonder Lake Road. Louis C. Slack, 38, 5314 E. Wonder Lake Road, Wonder Lake, was north bound on E. Wonder Lake Road, and was unable to stop his vehicle from striking Bourke's. Slack was ticketed for improper lane usage. More than $250 damage was made to Bourke's vehicle. Fender bender Dennis Harms, 28, 1308 N. Front, McHenry, was reversing his vehicle Monday when he struck another McHenry resident's vehicle. Marjorie LaCroix, 64, 3221 Bay- view Lane, was pulling into a park­ ing space at 4727 W. Crystal Lake Road when Harms backed into her. More than $200 damage was done to her vehicle. Mail box assault A McHenry woman struck two majl boxes while trying to avoid running over an animal. Colleen Butler, 16, 517 Kent Road, was traveling on North N. Blvd. Lilymoor, when she saw an animal scurry onto the road. She mistaken­ ly hit the gas pedal rather than the brake. The mail boxes belong to Kent K. Hill, 415 North N. Blvd., and J.R. Jennings, 415 North N. Blvd. Two-car crash McHenry Police cited a local woman following a two-car collision in the 4400 block of Elm Street Wednesday. Kathryn C. Heald, 28, of 7409 E. Wooded Shore, Wonder Lake, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after her car struck the rear of another vehicle. Heald told police a preceding auto changed lanes and she saw a vehi­ cle operated by Marcella B.E. Sei- fert, of McHenry, which had stopped to make a left turn. Seifert, 18, of 4615 Parkview, Mc­ Henry, <had stopped to make a left turn when the collision occurred. No injuries were reported. McHenry cop breaks up street fight A Crystal Lake man was arrested for disorderly conduct after a fight was broken up by an off-duty police officer last Wednesday. William D. Abrath, 18, of 4912 State, Crystal Lake, was arrested after he was reportedly involved in a fight with another individual in the 3600 block of Elm Street. The two combatants were sepa­ rated by Sgt. Robert Zujewski, who was off-duty and in the area at the time. "We're catching the garbage that comes over the fence," cried out one person. Schaffer replied that McHenry County also is hauling one-third of its garbage to Lake Count;- landfills. Soil testing, a major concern at last week's meeting, cropped up at this meeting as well. Many citizens, including Schaffer, believe soil should have been tested before sludge was applied. Because it wasn'.t, citizens are asking for a shower period before the permit is renewed. Five years may lapse between issuance of the initial permit and renewal. The ini­ tial permit does not require identifi­ cation of sludge sites. Therefore, questions arose over regulation of single sites. ' Keller said rpunicipalities are SLUDGE-Page 3 Have we go news for you... If you are like many (newspa­ per) readers, you would wel­ come a little more variety and excitement in your weekends. Or maybe you don't need any more activity in your life; you'd rather have a little Saturday relaxation. In either case, we have just what you're looking for. Making its debut tomorrow, the Saturday edition of the Northwest Herald will provide more features, more photos and more news to enhance your weekends. For a review of the week's happenings and a preview of the events ahead, your Saturday newspaper will keep you abreast of community activities. Keeping the focus on news in your own backyard, the Saturday edition will highlight area issues and community events. Local sports events will re­ ceive special emphasis in this edition. While the Northwest Herald now gives complete cov­ erage of McHenry County and northern Kane County sporting activities, the Saturday edition will go one step further by crffer-' ing the latest in Friday night games. Our sports reporters will pro­ vide local teams' results in foot­ ball, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, swimming, volleyball, cross country and soccer. They will also fill you in on all the late- breaking national sports head­ lines from Friday - the busiest sports night of the week. For the fun-minded, the Satur­ day edition will also contain an entertainment wrap-up and a soap opera update. Of course, Saturday's newspaper will have all the regular features of the weekday editions, such as the comics, Dear Abby and editorial commentary. Your Northwest weekends will be better with the Northwest Herald delivered to your door each Saturday morning. Exten­ sive sports coverage, leisure ac­ tivities, local news from around the comer, capsule news from around the world, classified ad­ vertisements as well as adver­ tisements from stor out the area -- your edition will have it all f 7 /