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Davis faced murder charge after stabbing his mother By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A judge Thursday found that a former Johnsburg man was not guilty in the stabbing death of his mother because he was insane at the time of the crime. In declaring Raymond E. Davis, 24, not guilty by reason of insanity, McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather said prosecutors had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Davis killed Carol Schritz. But psychiatrists have determined that Davis was legally insane. Davis has a long history of mental illness, having been in and out of hospitals, Prather said. He previously was found mentally unfit to stand trial. Neither Assistant State’s Attorney Sharyl Eisenstein nor public defender Kim
Raymond E. Davis, 24, formerly of Johnsburg, was declared insane when he stabbed his mother to death in November 2011. Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com
Messer disputed the facts of the case, and neither side made arguments during the brief hearing Thursday afternoon. Davis was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Schritz, 58, in November 2011, at the home they shared in the Pistakee Highlands area near Johnsburg. Schritz suffered a single stab wound to her right upper chest. Messer said Davis’ mental state was “self-explanatory.”
A group of women take a water aerobics class Thursday at Sun City’s Prairie Lodge in Huntley. New research shows that investment savings and financial security, rather than age, now determine when near retirees feel ready to retire.
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Financial security, rather than age, plays pivotal role in a person’s retirement plan
See STABBING, page A6
Health board sets vote to fire attorney By KEVIN P. CRAVER
By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO • sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
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kcraver@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County Mental Health Board is poised to fire longtime attorney Frank Gosser at a special meeting next week. The board, under new leadership after a year of significant turnover, was already in the process of finding a replacement, but has decided to terminate Gosser’s counsel early and appoint an interim in the meantime, President Robert Routzahn said. “The current board attorney has lost the confidence and trust of the board, and we need to move in a different direction,” Routzahn said. The meeting to terminate Gosser will be Tuesday morning. It originally was scheduled for late Thursday
The McHenry County Mental Health Board plans a special meeting next week to vote to fire longtime attorney Frank Gosser. The meeting starts at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the board’s headquarters, 620 Dakota St., Crystal Lake. afternoon, but Routzahn said work schedules of three members would have kept him from having the five-member minimum required for the board to take a vote under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Routzahn, a critic of Gosser since assuming the board presidency in June, has expressed concerns over his $250-an-hour rate approved late last year by the previ-
Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com
Sun City residents Elaine Kerechek (left), Jerry Arshonsky and Kathy Girard play Triple Play Canasta on Thursday at Sun City’s Prairie Lodge in Huntley.
• According to Maritz Research, recent and near retirees with $500,000 in investment savings view their retirement much more positively than retirees with less than $500,000. • 37 percent of near retirees said they will work during retirement, and 36 percent said they would delay retirement all together. • 67 percent of near retirees claim they feel optimistic about their financial security in retirement versus 79 percent of recent retirees.
See HEALTH BOARD, page A6
Nicole Slimko of Crystal Lake South (Left)
Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com
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McHENRY COUNTY
WORKPLACE STIGMA TARGETED Through a countywide effort, Michelle Durpetti is spreading the message that it’s time to start hiring employees with backgrounds that involve mental health issues, addiction and prior run-ins with the law. “We are working very hard to bridge gaps, improve services and talk more openly about all the issues,” said Durpetti, manager of Advantage EAP. For more, see page B1.
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See RETIREMENT, page A6
Is retirement age outdated?
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Kitty Nash worked through a financial checklist as part of her calculation to retire late last year from her vice president role at Home State Bank in Crystal Lake. After 24 years at the bank, Nash, an Algonquin resident, envisioned her day-to-day lifestyle, from morning to night, and the ability to manage those everyday expenses without the comfort of a daily income. “You have to do a real in-depth analysis of your life,” Nash said. “I don’t think anybody ever wants to do that. We just want to turn the key and write the check and be done. But in order to sleep at night once you do retire, you really have to analyze everything.” Nash’s financial calculation was an effort to plan for a sustainable retirement in an uncertain future that has recent and near retirees, according to new surveys, uneasy about retirement costs and their financial security. Maritz Research, a Missouri-based market research firm, found in a survey released in June that the financial tipping point for recent and near retirees was $500,000 in savings. Respondents who had reached that point were more optimistic about their financial security, less concerned about having enough money in retirement and felt better prepared for increasing health care and cost-of-living costs. Maritz surveyed 1,000 people nationwide at or near retirement with at least $100,000 in savings. The results underline the increasing importance financial security, rather
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