The Decatur Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 60

i PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT THE DECATUR REVIEW Decatur, Illinois, Friday, April 25, 1973 -wip' it 11,111,1 No Tax Increase Seen Answers to Problem Gome Easily Mt Zion Budget Nearly Doubled c. The Mount Zion Village Board has passed a fiscal 1975-76 budget nearly twice as large as this year's budget, but no tax increases are expected. The new budget proposes capital and operating expenditures totaling $823,549, as compared' with the current budget's $439,606 total. Primarily responsible for the increase is a much larger expenditure on capital improvements. Included in the budget, which will take effect May 1, is $248,000 for study and work on increasing Mount Zion's water supply and $104,437 for street construction.

Among street construction items are payments on Baltimore Road easements and cost of the Broadway Street extension project, expected to be completed within 30 days. Although the Broadway Street project was undertaken in fiscal 1974-75, it will be funded through the new budget. Also included in capital expenditures is a proposal to construct sidewalks adjacent to and along a new County Highway 30 bridge to be constructed by Macon County. Existing sidewalks in some sections of the village also are to be repaired. The two projects are budgeted a total $20,000.

The new budget includes funds for the first phase of Hearing Set ft II --jr I if t'r -ten Hfyh I 4 if 4 i si: Ik: cl 'T. Won' By JudyTatham Decatur City Manager Leslie T. Allen's call for a legislative investigation of residential care facilities culminates several months of controversy regarding the operation of the facilities. The City Plan Commission's review in October of a petition by neighbors in the 800 Block W. North St.

was the catalyst which resulted in persons from throughout the community reporting complaints to Allen, and the city department of community development. More than 600 persons reside in local shelter care facilities. Several hundred more reside in skilled nursing care centers. Many shelter care clients are designated mentally ill or retarded and are former Illinois Department of Mental Health patients. Others are geriatric patients.

The dilemma posed by Allen's request is not an easy one. As administrators of the Borders Supports Probe Call "The policy of the state is to hell with the people, to hell with the citizen, to hell with the concerned mother and father." This is the comment of State Rep. A. Webber Borchers, R-Decatur, in discussing a request calling for investigation of some shelter care facilities in Decatur. City Manager Leslie T.

Allen has asked for a legislative probe of the operations of some Decatur shelter care homes and state agencies responsible for placing residents in the facilities. Borchers said residents of those facilities are allowed to "wander around as they please." He said he concurs with Allen in asking for the probe and will try to see that one is made. However, Borchers said, he is not sure by whom it should be made. The public might lack confidence in any investigation made by those state agencies charged with supervising the shelter care homes, he said. Borchers said if any investigation is ordered he will appear before the group and supply them with information collected in his private investigations on conditions in homes.

The Republican Legislator was sharply critical of the state's policy of placing mental patients in community institutions such as shelter care homes rather than state institutions. Bizarre Session dents, a 21-year-old veteran, allegedly assaulted an 8-year-old Oglesby School pupil. The unit located in Creemen's Manor began operation in November and houses 25 Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation clients from throughout the The clients are residing in the city while enrolled in the Decatur Evaluation Center. Creemen's Manor leases space in the center to the state agency and provides a live-in program supervisor, according to a state spokesman. Creemen's Manor receives $55 weekly for each resident in the unit, according to the spokesman.

2 Facilities Would Aid Investigation Administrators of two Decatur shelter care facilities said they would welcome and cooperate in a legislative in-vestigation of their facilities. These responses were given following the announcement Thursday by City Manager Leslie T. Alien that he has asked for a legislative probe of the facilities. Tom Booth, administrator of Creative Care Community Living Facility, 820 W. North said, "I'm looking forward to the investigation.

"It's a learning experience for the residents and could also be one for Allen," he added. John Brinkoetter, administrator of Cremeen's Manor, said he would be "happy to cooperate with Mr. Allen in the endeavor for the betterment of the community and the shelter care residents" of his facility. Mrs. Mary Abu-Saba, administrator of Parkview Shelter Care Center, said Allen was short on specifics.

"He named my place but didn't say anything about it, just general allegations," she said. Man Arrested After Chase A rural Decatur man was arrested late Thursday night at his home. He had wrecked his car after leading authorities on a chase south on U.S. 51. Roger A.

Park, 32, led police and sheriff's deputies down U.S. 51 about 11:30 p.m. Thursday and crashed his car on South Taylor Road, north of Elwin. He was arrested at his home after fleeing on foot, according to sheriff's reports. Petitions Filed mmmn Si Talk Over Tiller The outdoor living show be- gan this morning with overcast skies more suitable for plowing than any other activity.

Lou Garver, left, 4320 Faries St. Teresa The St. Teresa High School scholastic bowl team Wednesday won the Okaw Valley Conference tournament in Monticello. Originally seeded third in the tournament, St. Teresa defeated seven other teams.

Warrensburg-Latham High School which had been seeded first, lost in the semifinals tor St. Joe-Ogden. St. Teresa defeated St. Joe-Ogden for the championship.

Sister Susan Kienzler, a coordinator of the St. Teresa MU Group Tour Set The Millikin University Chamber Singers will tour in Illinois Monday and Tuesday. The 16-member group specializes in the performance "of music designed for a small ensemble. The director is Richard Hoffland, professor music and director of choral activities at Millikin. The tour will begin Monday morning at Warrensburg-Latham High School.

In the afternoon, the Chamber Singers will travel to Bloomington High School. An evening performance is scheduled at East Peoria High School. Tuesday morning, the group will go to Washington High School in Washington. The singers will return to Millikin in the afternoon. Vocal clinics will be held for high school students throughout the two-day tour.

The clinic in East Peoria High School will be for high school students from the entire Peoria area. "We try to do three things at these clinics," Hoffland said. "We sing a program for thfc music students in the high schools, we hold a clinic for the high school choir and we hope to hear the high school choir perform for us." It 1 'A I i a i ft 6 and Hiram Ballance, 1744 E. Main discussed old times over a roto tiller on dis- play. The show which features camping equipment, mo- Wins Title team, praised Kevin "Laughery's leadership throughout the tournament.

"Kevin accounted for about 75 per cent of the success of the team," she said of the team captain. Other team members, all seniors, were Bill lReidman. Don Brilley, Tim Brown, Mary Uhl, Leslie Hannapel and Steve Rudolph. Sister Susan, Sarah Bush and John Foy have coached the team. St.

Teresa won possession of a traveling plaque for a year and individual team members received plaques. Tournament scores were: St. Teresa 205, Tuscola 134; War-rensburg-Latham 156; Unity of Tolono 118; St. Joe-Ogden 176; Areola 86; and Sullivan 189, Monticello 166 in the first round. St.

Teresa defeated Sullivan 236 to 82 and St. Joe-Ogden defeated Warrensburg-Latham, 113-79 in the second round. St. Teresa defeated St. Joe-Ogden in the finals 247-105.

Macon Board Adds Items To Remodeling The Macon School Board has decided to include several more items of work to remodeling already planned for the junior high school building. Added items include painting, installation of some replacement windows and perhaps carpeting two additional rooms. The work will be financed by a bond issue passed last year to do remodeling work in the building. In other recent business, the board re-elected Robert Glass as president and elected David Huggins vice president, CROWE CHARGED Michael Ray Crowe, 23, of ,1530 Ravina Park Rd. has been charged in Circuit Court with the attempted grand theft of: two automobile tires on April 10.

facilities explain: residents of such homes are private citizens with legal rights and cannot be restrained from functioning in the community. Complaints such as those received by the city echo the view: what about tie rights of other citizens to privacy and protection from misconduct and harassment? Allen also asked that the state agencies responsible for supervising the homes be investigated by the legislature. The Illinois Department of Public Aid provides funding ranging from $227 through $334 to 430 shelter care residents in Macon County. County and Supt. Joe B.

Livesay had little comment on Allen's request but said, "I don't think the community has accepted these people (residents)." Including nursing home residents, Livesay said a unit of five public aid employes is responsible for about 800 persons in group home care. Monitoring and checking is down with a limited staff, he explained. Illinois Department of Mental Health sub-region administrator Anne Menz; who is responsible for monitoring aftercare of former state mental health patients, said she welcomes Allen's request. She acknowledged there have been problems but because many persons and various agencies are involved, it has been difficult to address specific areas. Mrs.

Menz said she thinks the review requested by Allen may coordinate the efforts of the agencies involved. The Illinois Department of Public Health is the agency responsible for licensing the facilities and determining quate care is delivered. Charles Foley, regional administrator of the agency, said his department will cooperate with the city's inquiries. Decatur has some facilities providing good services, but some problem facilities have been points of concern, he said. Illini House, a skilled care facility, is a case in point, he said.

After public complaints were forwarded to the department and the agency conducted a public hearing, violations were corrected, he said. Foley said Creemen's Manor, which was cited by Allen as a problem facility, consistently has met inspection guidelines, Foley said. However, he noted Community Center and Parkview Shelter Care as two facilities with consistent problems. Such homes, Foley added, deal with residents with more severe disabilities and can be expected to encounter problems. Another program providing residential care was spotlighted this week when one of its resi Charles Nelson, indicated that Hanna's two codefendants had said the third person involved in the armed robbery still was at large.

The second letter, from a Jack Lampson, reported an alleged overhearing of a conversation from one of Hanna's codefendants to the effect that Hanna was getting a "bum-rap." Hanna's codefendants, John Bradley and Clifford Webb, have pleaded guilty to the Cloyd's armed robbery and are serving prison terms at Menard. Prosecution witnesses have placed Hanna at the armed robbery scene and in the car in which Webb was arrested. Hanna was shot by police as he fled the area of that arrest. Hanna again reversed himself today as he said he wanted Bradley and Webb to testify for him. Earlier in the trial Hanna told Judge Webber he did not want them to testify.

Hanna contended, with the jury out of the" courtroom, he has been unable to subpoena witnesses. But Greanias has argued that Hanna could subpoena anyone he wanted and that all he had to do was fill out a blank subpoena form and hand it to a deputy sheriff in the county jail, where Hanna is being held. Hanna said today he at-' tempted to do that, with a deputy telling him he or Diamond had to hand it personally to the sheriff and that they did not have the time to take him work on a second east-west road and bridge through the village. Budgeted is $65,000, largely for engineering studies. Two additional i 1 1 a ge employes, a police officer and a water department employe, are included in the new budget.

The additional officer, to be hired near the end of the fiscal year, will bring the total police force to four men. Also included is new radar equipment and a second squad car. Total expenses of the police department were set at $71,194. The water department employe is being hired to handle additional operation and maintenance duties as the water system takes on more customers. Later this year, the village plans to publish and distribute information pamphlets outlining village services and explaining who to contact with specific problems.

Expense of that project is in the new budget. The largest street maintenance and drainage budget in Mount Zion's history is included this year. Of the $90,000 to be spent in these areas, $54,000 will come from motor fuel taxes and $36,000 from the general fund. Of the $823,549 budget total, $456,112 is included in the operating budget and $367,437 in the capital improvement budget. No specific plans or the larger tract are included in the petition.

In other recent village board action, four ordinances were passed preparing for the opening of the new Broadway Street extension within 30 days. The ordinances would: Place a stop sign at the railroad crossing on Broadway Street until a crossing signal is constructed. Eliminate one-way traffic on Broadway upon removal of existing one-way signs. Locate a stop sign on southbound Broadway Street at Main Street. Prohibit parking either side of Broadway Street.

A report has been submitted by Public Works Director John Ginger which says the sewer construction in the south half of the Northwest Special Sewer Assessment District should be completed this week. Completion in the north half will take several weeks more. As soon as final approval is granted the construction, residents will be notified as to connecting procedures and requirements. The board will reconvene 7 p.m. Monday in the municipal building to begin discussion of an ordinance to regulate liquor sales in the village.

Village voters April 15 voted to end prohibition in Mount Zion. JANET BAULOS IN CONTEST Janet Baulos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Baulos of 30 Sandcreek will compete in the state Latin contest Saturday at the University of Illinois. A freshman at Eisenhower High School, Miss Baulos received a superior rating at the 'sectional contest March 1 in Springfield.

MAN CHARGED Robert Arthur Robinson 18, of 140 Home has been charged in Circuit Court with illegal possession of marijuana. answer questions related to drug abuse. The department is requesting some RAPP hours be earmarked for counseling of parents or adults with problems related to children. Volunteers would receive specialized training for the program. Parents Anonymous would be coordinated by a board of private citizens and provide services similar to other self help programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

Hanebutt said the proposed programs are preventive in nature and designed to assist the adult who is reaching a critical point in dealing with children. Pre-annexation petitions have been filed with the Mount Zion Village Board for two parcels of land totaling 92 acres on the village's west edge. The petitioners ask board agreement to zone a 28-acre tract for single- and multi-family residential units and a 64-acre tract light industrial when they come into the village. Petitioners are Edward C. Hull, Philip Wiant, Joseph C.

Walker and Roy C. Walker. A public hearing on the petitions has been set for 7 p.m. May 12 in McGaughey Primary School. According to the petitions, the petitioners desire to annex the smaller parcel very soon.

That parcel is between Westside Drive and Baltimore Avenue south of Harry Land Road. The 64-acre tract is to be annexed within 10 years of board approval of a pre-annexation agreement, according to the petition. That tract, asked for light industrial zoning, is west of Baltimore Avenue and south of Harry Land Road. Mayor, Council Salaries May Be Increased Salaries of the mayor and three members of the City Council will be increased if a resolution is approved in the City Council meeting Monday night. The resolution calls for the mayor's salary to be increased from $1,920 a year to $4,000.

Salaries of the three council members will go from $960 to $1,800 a year. The raises are permitted because they are for new members of the council. Increases cannot be given during the terms of office for public officials. Benefitting by the increases will be Mayor James H. Rupp and council members Carol A.

Brandt, Charles W. Gallagher and Charles W. McCaulla. Case Rested for Hanna Staff Photo by Herb Siodoumk torcycles and lawn and garden equipment continues to 8:30 p.m. today and 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Saturday on Landmark Mall and in Central Park. Runaway Boys Returned After Car Thefts Two runaway juvenile boys, 13 and 15 years of age, were returned to Decatur Thursday from Tuscola in connection with the theft of two cars. Police said the two, residents of Cantrell-Webster Hall, 1942 E. Cantrell stole a car in Decatur Monday night.

They were apprehended in Tuscola and returned here by authorities from the hall. The two ran away again Wednesday, stole a second car here and again drove to Tuscola. The car was abandoned when it was stuck in a ditch. They were apprehended by Tuscola police and returned here by Decatur officers. Police said they were told by the Macon County probation office there were no detention facilities available here and there could be no detention hearing on the pair.

They then were released to Cantrell Webster Hall authorities. Bond Will Be Posted: Firm A-spokesman for the J. L. Simmons contractor for the new Decatur Herald and Review building has said' all city-required bonds guaranteeing site improvements will be filed with the city. His assurance was given after the city said it would stop construction of the building unless the bond is posted.

The Simmons spokesman said his firm already has a performance of payment bond for Decatur Newspapers, and he believes the city-required site improvement bond is a matter of double coverage. He said the second bond will be posted at the expense of Decatur Newspapers, Inc. Parent Hotline Expected (Hanna) to the sheriff. Diamond was out of town Thursday afternoon, Hanna added. "He's just trying to make it look like everyone's trying to give poor old Steve Hanna a hard time because they ask him to conform with the rules'' of evidence and court procedure, Greanias said with the jury out of the courtroom.

The judge also ruled against any further continuance of the trial, saying there has been "a lack of diligence" on Hanna's part. With the jury still out of the courtroom, Hanna launched into an attack on the trial proceedings. "I have no respect whatever for this court, with all due respect for the court, for the procedures applied here," Hanna said. He added that he has learned that there are three kinds of laws federal, state and Macon County. At one point Greanias interrupted, saying, "As a representative of society, the state asks that the trial proceed." With the jury back, Hanna began calling the names of witnesses he wanted with the judge informing the jury no subpoenas had been issued.

The jury was allowed to go home at 11 a.m. Final arguments were to be heard at 1:30 p.m. The judge closed the courtroom to the public as he, Greanias, Hanna and Diamond prepared jury instruction By Bruce J. Gill Accused armed robber Steven Hanna had his case rested for him today by Judge A. G.

Webber III after no Witnesses appeared in Hanna's behalf at this morning's bizarre session. Hanna, 25, of Quincy is charged in the July 12 armed robbery of Cloyd's Market. He has been representing himself throughout the trial, although Public Defender Scott Diamond has been present as his legal counsel. Hanna contended today the sheriff's department has not been cooperative in delivering subpoenas for him. "I have witnesses, but I am unable to get them to court," Hanna said before the jury this morning.

But State's Atty. Basil G. Greanias and Judge Webber informed the jury that Hanna has the power of subpoena equal with that of the prosecution. Hanna said he was not going to testify himself, saying he was "not going, to degrade myself." "Show the defendant rests," the judge said for the court record. "Over the objections of the defendant your honor," Hanna replied.

Judge Webber also declined to admit as evidence two letters Hanna had received from inmates at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Menard during the course of this trial. One letter, written by a If final state funding is forthcoming, the Illinois Department of Children Family Services expects to develop local services to counsel potential abusive parents. State funding of $8,303 tentatively has been approved for development of a telephone hotline and Parents Anonymous Project. If finally approved May 30 by the state, the program should be in operation this summer, according to Ralph Hanebutt, area administrator. The department is negotiating with the Decatur Mental Health Center to use the center's telephone service, RAPP, which was designed to 4 ERROR: Should be Riedman.