The Wheeling Herald from Wheeling, Illinois • Page 1

Stop. Quarry lake: no could drown by STIRLING MORITA A youth slips into the cool waters oi a lake in a secluded gravel ignorant of nearby no trespassing signs. He swims to the middle of the lake and disappears. For a moment, his friends on shore think he is but when they see him, they go in after him. The friends are unable to find him and then search for a telephone to call authorities, and by the time they find one, the floundering swimmer is nothing but another statistic.

Summertime is the time for bathing in the pure spring-fed lakes, or for fishing in solitude in unsupervised areas. And the usual drowning victims are teenagers or young children. Not all victims in the area drowned while swimming, but three of the nine drownings this year were swimmers in a quarry lake. THE DANGERS OF trespassing at a lake came to light Labor Day weekend. A 15-year-old Wheeling youth drowned Sunday swimming at a quarry lake near Aptakisic Road just west of Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Township.

A 7-year-old Chicago boy slid down a 15-foot slope and drowned in 8-foot water in a quarry southwest of the intersection of Meacham and Schaumburg roads in Schaumburg. The boy was on a holiday fishing trip with his family. Tragedy befell two swimmers at the Vernon Township quarry before the Sunday drowning. in Palatine, a 3-year-old girl drowned in March in Salt Creek after an eroded bank collapsed. There were four ings this year in Des Plaines.

Two of the four were probable suicides, authorities said. One person drowned after his canoe overturned in the Des Plaines River, and a 22-year-old man was found floating in Lake Opeka. AT INDIANA DUNES State Park, drowning claimed the life of a 17-yea-old Palatine Township youth Sunday. Andrew J. Blow, 2020 S.

Ela drowned while swimming in a area one mile east of the Dunes pavOion. Blow was to have entered his junior year at William Fremd High School in Palatine, where be recently made the varsity football team. The quarry lakes and retention ponds in the area present a problem fw some police departments when youngsters go in for an unauthorized dip. The only thing police can do to prevent drownings is to patrol these spots carefully, but the problem is police can not sit at one lake all day or night. Schaumburg Police Lt.

Bob Hammond said unauthorized fishing or swimming has not been a problem with retention lakes along Schaumburg Road until this last accident. Schaumburg Fire Chief Lloyd Abrahamsen echoed words, saying the police apparently do a good job of patrolling the water areas. ABRAHAMSEN SAID there appear to be more drownings nationwide on holidays because there are more people out for recreation. you get here within five minutes, he may be Abrahamsen added. at any type of drowning, it is the persons at the scene that save He said.

the wide open spaces, got to get to a phone Boards, ropes or sturdy objects may be used by citizens to help rescue a swimmer in trouble. The Vernon Township quarry is a popular swimming spot for youngsters from Buffalo Grove and Wheeling. The hazard in the lake is cold pockets of water which could cause cramps. Authorities said the quarry has been a problem for years. Lake County police have been chasing youngsters away and towing cars in an effwi to curb the perennial problem.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Rolling Meadows, Mount Prospect and Arlington Heights have reported no troubles with unauthorized swimming. Yesterday, Arlington Heights police chased two youths with a boat away from the retention basin at Regency Park after checking a report of two persons drowning in the basin. Hoffman Estates Police Lt. Bill Freund said. problems wherever there is He added that retention ponds in Hoffman Estates are atched not only by police, but by residents.

I Des Plaines, forest preserve rangers patrol three lakes in an effort to prevent swimming. Hot days this summer were a problem for rangers as they caught many swimmers. In August, a 14-year-old girl almost drowned in Rossiter Lake near the intersection of 111. Rte. 53 and Palatine Road in Palatine.

Two companions pulled her to safety from the lake which was formed with the construction of 111. Rte. 53. LT. FRANK ORTIZ, acting Palatine police chief, said Rossiter Lake and other private lakes a He said police will chase youngsters out, but that they will return when the police leave.

Ortiz said Rossiter Lake is dangerous because points it is 60 feet no phone and no road access for an Ortiz said. He added that there was more seclusion at the lake for youngsters. can drink their beer and smoke pot in he said. just realize how dangerous it pOO The Sunny PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS TODAY: Mostly sunny and pleasant, high around 80. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, high in upper 70s.

Wheeling 24th Vvneeiirg, 6C090 Thursday, September 6, 1973 4 Sections, 44 Pages Home Delivery 55c a lOc a copy TOP posters cost more than WHIP spent by LY.NN The incumbent To Overall Progress Party (TOP) paid more money for posters in the Wheeling village elections last April than its opposition spent on the entire campaign, according to documents obtained by The Herald. Two bills from the Hinz Lithographing Co. of Mount Prospect show that the TOP party spent $1,085.70 for 7,500 campaign posters. When contacted yesterday, a spokesman at Hinz said his firm also had done work for the TOP party. think there are another few jobs, but not sure of the he said.

In comapairson, the Wheeling Independent Party (WHIP) party spent only $985 for the entire election campaign. Party treasurer Edward Hagemann said yesterday this figure, released before the election, was correct a couple of dollars or According to Hagemann, the bulk of the money was spent on printing. The Herald has also obtained a bill from the Union Hotel 124 S. Milwaukee Wheeling, for food and drink for the TOP party. The bill shows the party owed the hotel $467.45, including $40.95 spent by candidate Bill Hein two days after the April 17 election.

THE BILLS are the first indication of the amount of money spent by the TOP candidateSk during the election campaign. Members of the TOP group, who have controlled government for several years, narrowly wcm two of three contested village board seats. Village Pres. Ted Scanlon and Clerk Evelyn Diens, both TOP candidates, were also reelected. Michael Valenza, former village trustee who served as TOP campaign manager, originally promised to release the party financial records by early May.

Valenza, however, has repeatedly delayed releasing the financial report. He has given a variety of excuses f(w the four-month delay, including statements that the books were incomplete and that he needed permission from the TOP candidates. Most recently Valenza promised to release the party finances after they were audited by an accountant. This promise was made in July, and Valenza has been unavailable for comment since mid-August when he said he had not yet contacted the accountant. The TOP campaign documents obtained by The Herald came from a source close to Valenza.

The finances of the TOP party came into question when candidates of the opposing party challenged the amount of money being spent during the campaign The WHIP candidates noted that TOP held several large cocktail parties. distributed substantial amounts of campaign literature, and erected several large campaign signs in the village. TOP CANDIDATES also distributed campaign buttons and miniature toy tops. Besides the cocktail parties, the TOP Party also had a luncheon at the Union Hotel. Contacted yesterday.

Frank Miramonti of the Hartmann House said his restaurant handled two TOP functions, but that none of the bills were paid directly the the TOP party. Miramonti said the TOP party at the Hartmann House cost about $800 for a buffet and drinks after the election. was done by a group of citizens, he said. TOP party pay for that. That was done by someone else.

The businessmen paid for that. They all chipped in and paid for Miramonti, did not remember the names of the businessmen involved. The restaurantuer said a cocktail party at the Hartmann House April 8 also was not directly financed by the TOP party. was a Sunday, and it was an open house he said. individually paid for their own had nothing that the TOP party actually paid Miramonti added.

book anything over here as a All five candidates on the incumbent TOP ticket have said they had nothing to do with party finances either during or after the campaign. The candidates said they knew the money was coming from friends, but did not know exactly who contributed to the campaign. They said they had left the finances in hands so they could be free to campaign. The inside story Bridne Business CollectinK Coins Crossword Editorials Horoscope Movies Obituaries Today On TV Want Ads Seel. Pace 2 4 1 9 4 6 1 10 4 6 JT Cl HO 18532 T.O.P.

Party Wheeling, II. SHIP TO 3-15-73 I O'eit' No. No. 743 NET 10 DAYS OUANTIT 4000 TOI Posters 14 22 2 colors 1 side $578.20 1 3 7 2 6 2 5 .2 8 THESE BILLS OBTAINED by the Her- the first indication of the amount of aid show three of the expenditures money spent by TOP since former made by the To Overall Progress Par- campaign manager Michael Valenza ty (TOP) in the campaign for the has still not released the party's fi- April Village election. The bills are nancial records.

TOP topped WHIP Sheila Schultz, who served as campaign manager for the Wheeling Independent Party (WHIP), said yesterday that expenses for the To Overall Progress Party (TOP) campaign probably exceeded the $20,000 originally estimated by the WHIP party. figure that we gave was researched by someone prior to the election, and therefore did not include some of the she said. believe the term we always used was that we could account for Mrs. Schultz said she was therefore not surprised by the amount of money spent by TOP for campaign posters. Documents uncovered by a Herald investigation show that TOP spent $1.085.70 for 7,500 posters.

seems high until you consider the fantastic number of posters they she said. would imagine the number of pieces of literature would be astronomical as well. It would verify the fact that a tremendous amount of money was spent for this type of an election, and you can only ask According to Mrs. Schultz, expenses not included in the $20,000 estimate were the victory party at the Hartmann House restaurant and the payment to workers on election day. is my understanding that their poll watchers and ail their workers were paid for their work wi elec tion she said.

Mrs. Schultz said the delay in releasing the TOP financial records raises many questions. Although Michael Valenza, former TOP campaign manager, promised to release the records in May, he has repeatedly delayed releasing the information. they had nothing to hide, why not release she said. Nirs.

Schultz said, however, that any information released on the TOP finances would be questionable after such a long delay. feel that it is immaterial she said. feel that to hold on to the records for this long under various excuses makes the final release kind of ludicrous. I question why they were held that long if they were to be a factual 18065 hinz LllHOGKArHING CO, INC, 1750 AESI CENTRAt ROAD IVLINOiS 60044 ItlEPHONE 233 ZOiO 743 VOO SOlO TO T.O.P. Party Wheeling, II.

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Bai. 366.50 Total 407.45 Planners to hear Harmony proposal The Wheeling Plan Commission tonight Each of the townhomes must be on a will consider a subdivision of Harmony separate lot in order for developers to Village that will allow the townhomes in sell the units, the development to be sold. Plans for the project were approved The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at without any subdivision of the property, the village hall, 255 W. Dundee Road.

New counselor out to students by JILL BETTNER Striding through the haU of the new Buffalo Grove High School, the young man is stopped by a confused student seeking directions to the hand room. I think that he says, pointing over her left shoulder. She thanks him, probably thinking this guy in a sport coat and tie with longish blond-streaked hair is just another teacher. But. he a policeman and his name is Don Bottenhagen.

Assigned fulltime to the high school, official title is police community relations officer. Mwe commonly, though, known as the police counselor. my job. here to counsel, not to throw the cuffs on said the handsome brown-eyed officer. At 27, Bottenhagen could easily be that new history instructor girls always whisper and giggle about at the beginning of another school year.

DESPITE HIS deceiving appearance, Bottenhagen said the word is already out that a cop. I know several of the kids from being on the street and got a grapevine that just be laughed. already had comments like and but when I bear them, I just Bottttihagen mind the hazing, but be plans to do what be can to dnnge the image most kids have of police. be considered the school cop just because the label automatically give me. However, going to try to build up the confidence in me by speaking with them and showing them not the cop thinking about although I can where respect for the law comes in.

not coming in here like gangbusters and pinch kids for this and that, unless, of course, they do something that has to do with the safety of studeBts and faculty. coining within the realm of the law that has to be be said. hope be aUe to buiki up the respect for the he continued. all, this is where the future cops, lawyers and judges are going to come As he explained it, job is to get at the reasons why a kid gets into trouble at school truancy, drugs, shoplifting, whatever not merely to inflict the penalities. With the help of the social worker, psychologist and other counselors at the school, aim is to straighten the student out before no choice but to take him to juvenile court.

LAST resort is to send a kid to be said. a kid gets in trouble here and comes to see me, as far as concerned, the first time. get a second chance from me and do everything I can to help Sometimes, he said, that will mean seeing the parents or referring the entire family to another agency such as Omni-House: Youth Services Bureau in Wheeling for counseling. On a different level, Bottenhagen said be doing some community-wide counseling, probably more called public relations work. The police received a complaint Tuesday, the first day of school, that students were loitering during their lunch break in shops in the Buffalo Grove MaU, just across the street from the school..