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1 Bob Farrington leaves his home at 8:45 a.m. as his wife, Carolyn, and daughters watch. Bob sets Ms pace as he runs along Chapel Hill road / April, 2Vt, at left, spots her daddy as Kim, 5, and her mother look on. STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE GAYLORD A YOUNG THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER Robert Farrington of 1500 N. Fairview lane, Eastwood Manor, is a young man with a purpose. His goal, once ap­ proached but not attained, is to run 31 miles, the equivalent of his age. The idea originated after watching a similiar feat on television. "Why not?" Farrington told himself convincingly, and set about to accomplish the task. Last Friday the scene was set and at 8:45 in the morning he set out, his destination the Central Telephone company offices in DesPlaines, where he is employed. He said goodbye to his wife, Carolyn and daughters, Kimberly, 5, and April 21>>. Twenty-six miles and four hours later he was forced to bring his jogging to a halt when his legs gave him trouble as he ran on flat concrete. Throughout the journey he was given morale and physical sustenance by his small family as they drove behind him, of­ fering water and candy bars when needed. While he ran close to the road, j\ist off the lane of traffic, Farrington complained of being frightened when some large truck drivers honked at him and drove close to the edge of the highway. Undaunted by his failure to complete the entire trip, Farrington is now making plans for his second attempt, probably within the next two weeks. The young husband and father has always liked to run. He ran in school back in Michigan and later in the Marine corps. For two years he finished second in the 30-and- over age class in the local summer marathon. His time last July was 45 minutes, 13 seconds. Drivers Alert! If you are traveling along Rt. 12 sometime during the next two weeks and see a young jogger with a goal in mind, give him encouragement. He just might be Robert Farrington. SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 VOLUME 100 NUMBER 108 FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1976 1 SECTION 18 PAGES 20* Expect Long Freeway Delay Guns Stolen From Home During Family Vacation Guns and other items were taken from the home of Dennis Curley at 2108 W. Johnsburg road, McHenry, early last week. The burglary was discovered when the family returned home frorti a three- day vacation. Taken from the premises were a 12 gauge shotgun, a 30-06 Remington rifle, a Marlin 22 caliber rifle, another carbine, two swords, a movie camera, a man's suede jacket and about $80 in cash. Investigation is continuing by the McHenry County Sheriff's detective division. About twenty-eight bottles of School Board Views Impact Of Proposed Development When memories are made of favorite teachers, old classroom incidents and popular haunts for teens; and when these memories pour forth from every voice to echo in the highest beam--then surely it is a class reunion. They may well be classified as one of the small wonders of the modern world, for the years between may be ten or fifty but the passing of time is not evident. There are other changes, to be sure, but none are related to age -a wonder in itself. In this Bicentennial year high school graduates have been swept along by the spirit of nostalgia and reunions were numerous. Special as the six MCHS gatherings have been, last Saturday night's reunion of long parted classmates was more unique than all the others. It was our own! Some of us had been together from the beginning, when reluctant footsteps took us up the front stairs of old Land­ mark school as first graders. Then twelve years to graduation. But could twenty years have passed since our last evening of cherished memories? No longer reason to impress; no thought of old cliques -- nothing but the wish to renew friendships that were once taken for granted. How im­ portant the word "friend" had become, and what honest concern for their fortunes through the passing of time. The year? No matter, but someone did circulate a menu, yellowed by age, listing prices at Mi Place restaurant at fif­ teen cents for a ham sandwich and sixty cents for a steak dinner. It wasn't yesterday! Someone suggested it might have been '36, but that could never be. Hair could never have retained such lustrous color, skin unlined and figures trim - not in all those years. A recent gift contained an axiom that tells our story best. It was what took, us through those Depression days and arrived at reunion night with old friends relatively un­ changed. Enhanced by a slow paced inchworm it read: Yard by Yard Life is Hard Inch by Inch It's a cinch K.A.F. PLAN PARK CONCERT The band Trilogy presents its second city park concert Thursday, Aug. 19, from 8 to 10 p.m. In meeting Tuesday night, the board of Consolidated School District 15 was alerted to the possibility of an ex­ tensive development project that >could affect local school enrollment. Members learned of a proposal to annex 400 acres to Island Lake and build 688 single family homes and 1,101 multiple units. According to information given the board, the area is to be called Fox River Shores of Island Lake. It was good news to board members to learn of a firm commitment of $14,200 which will allow the district to con­ tinue its Bilingual program. The program will require an expenditure of $2,900 of district funds in addition to the state contribution. This figure in­ cludes about $700 of increased busing costs, 80 per cent of which will be reimbursed by the state in the annual tran­ sportation claim. Linda Spear will now be asked to prepare for con­ tinuation of the program. M. David Cain, the district's representative on the Special Education district board of the county, was authorized to vote approval for entering into a joint building project with District 47, Crystal Lake. This would allow construction of 2,400 square feet of special education classroom space at the South school, Crystal Lake, at a cost not to exceed $35 per square foot. If the proposal meets ap­ proval of the Special Education board, it would provide that district with four permanent classrooms. The 2-cent levy for Special Education now goes to Woodstock, where classrooms are located. If the Crystal Lake Register At Marian For Aug. 30 School Opening Marian Central will begin registering students for the '76-77 school year on Monday, Aug. 16. In order to facilitate this process, the following schedule should be followed where possible: Freshmen, Monday or Tuesday, Aug. 16- 17; sophomores, Wednesday or Thursday, Aug. 18-19; juniors, Friday or Monday, Aug. 20-23; seniors, Tuesday or Wednesday, Aug. 24-25. Registration hours are from 7:30 to 10:45 a.m., and from noon to 3:15 p.m. Freshman orientation will be held Friday, Aug. 27, at 8:30 a.m. Students must provide their own transportation this day. Upon arrival at school, students are asked to report to the cafeteria. After an orientation program, the freshmen Will attend each of their scheduled classes in an abbreviated class day. For this reason it is essential that each student bring his class schedule with him. Students will be bused to Woodstock city park for the annual Student Council freshman picnic between noon and 4:30 p.m. They may be picked up at Marian at 4:45. Further picnic details will be (Continued on page 10) construction is allowed, a percentage of the levy would be used for the new classrooms. It was revealed that most of the students in these classes are from Districts 47 (Crystal Lake), District 15 (McHenry) and District 200 (Woodstock). The long range goal of the District 15 Special Education program is to provide services for all high incidence children in the district. The schools here conduct an annual screening of 3-to-5-year-olds which helps to identify children who may need further evaluation. Some discussion took place concerning the tentative budget for 1976-77 which is available for inspection for thirty days. A public hearing will be held Sept. 14 at 7 p.m., followed by the regular board meeting at 7:30, at which formal adoption will take place. Changes may be made any time up to and during the time of the public hearing. Administrators noted that the financial condition of the district depends, to some ex­ tent, on legislative action in Springfield next Fall. The board acted favorably on the employment of David (Continued on page 10) liquor and $150 in cash were taken from the Kings Row tavern, 4106 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake, during a burglary early Sunday mor­ ning. Sometime after closing hours Sunday morning, someone removed a small window on the second level to gain entry. Arthur Skala reported that sometime during the past weekend, his home at 4819 Flanders road, McHenry, had been entered. A black and white television set and a skil saw in its carrying case were taken from the residence. Christine Ga<Je of Buffalo Grove told county police an instrument panel and two speakers were taken from her auto while it was parked at Jo's Auto Service, 7312 Hancock drive, Wonder Lake. The theft occurred last Thursday or Friday. Mrs. John Meyer of 2105 Johnsburg road, McHenry, reported that a yellow Huffy 20- inch girl's bicycle was taken from their yard early one morning last week. Officials from the Illinois Division of Transportation (IDOT) announced Tuesday night that paper work on Federal Aid Project (FAP) 420 freeway will not be completed until possibly the middle of 1978. Caesar F. Nepomuceno, location section chief, District 1, IDOT, said no work could be started on 420 until approval is given to the complete route. The announcement was made at a meeting of the McHenry Plan commission held at city hall. Invited to participate in the meeting were County board members, surrounding com­ munity officials concerned with the location of the route, IDOT officials and James Rakow, McHenry county highway commissioner. The proposed route in McHenry county is from the intersection of Route 12 west along Route 120 past Chapel Hill road. It will continue west on 120 for a short distance and then turn northwest, cross the river and intersect with Route 31 north of McCullom Lake road. From there it will con­ tinue west across the railroad tracks and turn north to the Wisconsin state line. Tom Huemann of Johnsburg, a member of the County board, asked to speak at the meeting. He was concerned with proposed interchanges on 420, Geology Tour Of County Scheduled Next Sunday Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15, there will be an auto caravan trip to points of geological interest in McHenry county, guided by Ronald Marks, a local geologist who teaches Environmental Science at Crystal Lake high school. The tour will begin at the Nature center parking lot&at Veterans Acres park in Crystal Lake at Tp m. and will then continue to several stops of unique geological interest, where Marks will interpret the features to participants. This field trip is one of a series of summer interpretive programs being sponsored by the McHenry County Con­ servation district in cooperation with Northeastern Illinois university of Chicago, where Marks is taking a summer graduate course in Environmental Interpretation. Additional information about this or other programs in the series may be obtained by calling the McHenry County Conservation district office, 338-1405. primarily the one on Chapel Hill road which would funnel traffic through Johnsburg, "an old town which was not designed to take all that traf­ fic". He also urged city of McHenry officials to consider the fact that all traffic from the west and south heading north would have to travel through McHenry on Elm street to reach the planned interchange at Route 31 near McCullom Lake road. *The city has already requested that an interchange be placed at Chapel Hill road to cut off traffic that would be placed at Chapel Hill road to cut off traffic that would be coming from the east on 120 through the city to reach the Route 31 interchange, Edward Datz, Plan commission chairman explained. The only interchanges already in the plan are those required at state routes such as Routes 12, 31 and 173. When county and local of­ ficials studied the original plan, they agreed another in­ terchange was needed. Some suggested two additional in­ terchanges, one at Chapel Hill road and one near Wonder Lake. Rakow said IDOT state authorities at Elgin were contacted on the matter and verbally made a commitment to undertake an interchange study both east and west of McHenry. They will study both locations, at Chapel Hill and at Wonder Lake, Rakow related. Huemann suggested that a route should be studied which would by-pass the city of McHenry to the west. He suggested possibly taking Route 31 in Nunda township and extending it west of the city up into the Ringwood area. This area has some of the biggest industrial sites in the county and it is already zoned for it, Huemann noted. Huemann suggested plans should be made now "to make this thing work. "We are always 20 years behind," he said. "We should plan now while the area is relatively uncongested, before houses and people get in the way." Youth Arrested Wonder Lake On Conduct Charge Michael Zeller, 17, of 702 S. Rt. 31, McHenry, was arrested for disorderly conduct following an incident near the Pearl street bridge late Tuesday night. There was bond of $25 and a court date of Aug. 19 set. Sheriff's police were assisting city officers at 11:30 p.m. in the investigation of an occurrence involving three persons. One eluded them, but they were able to locate Zeller, who officers said became abusive and used profanities. Man Charged With Theft A Wonder Lake man was charged with theft after he was apprehended by employees of General Telephone company last Thursday evening. Robert Simon, 20, of 7301 Spaatz avenue, Wonder Lake, was seen syphoning gasoline from one of the company's trucks by employees who were returning to the office at 3810 E. (Continued on page 10) J Four Injured In 2-Car Collision City police and the rescue squad were called to a two-car collision at 4301 W. Route 120 Tuesday night. Four persons were taken to the hospital for treatment. They were James A. Machnik of 1103 Florence, McHenry, his passenger, Antoinette Rahn of Fox Lake, and Roy M. Apel of 4314 W. Clearview, McHenry, and his passenger, Joan Apel. Machnik was driving east on the highway in the inside lane when he started to turn into the Pizza Hut parking lot and a collision occurred. Apel was east-bound in the outside lane when Machnik started to cross into his path and impact took place. Machnik was ticketed for improper lane usage. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Seven persons were injured Friday morning about 11:30 when the car in which they were riding was hit from behind at the intersection of Route 31 and Bull Valley road, south of McHenry. Patricia J. Hanson of 3204 W Vista Terrace, McHenry, and six of her eight passengers were taken to McHenry hospital by the McHenry Rescue squad. They were Amy and Susan Hivon of 3200 Terrace, Lori and Joanne M. Oeffling of 3213 W. Vista other passengers, Robin Hivon and Sandy Clark escaped in­ jury. Ms Hanson was stopped on Terrace and Michelle and Cindy Tlark of 3204 W Vista the highway waiting for traffic Terrace, all of McHenry Two (Continued on page 10) He felt the Fox Valley freeway would have furnished a north-south route up to McHenry without going through the town. But the latest information from state legislators is that the route is dead, Huemann continued. It was also mentioned that the state park on River road is already a reality. "It is a giant down there," Huemann said. He pointed out that no one from the state contacted the county and told them a 1,000 acre park would be created there. They just put it there and then told the county to solve the problems with traffic, he said. An interchange at Chapel Hill road would alleviate traffic coming to the east side of the bridge for peoplf going to the state park after the county completes its plan for the ex­ tension of Chapel Hill road to River and Bull Valley roads, it was noted. Edward Buss of McHenry, County board member, noted that if and when McHenry hospital is built on the corner of Bull Valley road and Route 31, even more traffic would be generated. "There is no way we can't have a bridge connecting Bull Valley road and Chapel Hill road to handle rescue squad and hospital traffic as well as state park traffic in that area," Buss emphasized. "It is going to be an absolute necessity," he said, "hopefully, with the agreement of McHenry Shores". Mrs. Rose Lillegard, president of McHenry Shores, said her village had alternative suggestions and felt the county should hear them. Buss also stressed the need for a Fox Valley freeway. "We can argue the core or the alignment but we can't argue there has to be one," he said. Rakow commented that the Fox Valley freeway would have been a perfect answer to by­ passing McHenry. He agreed that additional interchanges must be built in the immediate McHenry area or there will be severe traffic problems in McHenry Upwards of 40,000 vehicles a day are projected on Routes 31 and 120 in the McHenry area. If an interchange were built on Route 31, projected traffic volume south of that in­ terchange is 41,000 in 1995 "That's just from the south alone," Rakow said He noted that a two-mile stretch of highway 120 from the Fox river bridge east is the most highly traveled highway in McHenry county at the present time Nepomuceno explained that an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) on the project had just been printed and is being distributed to local agencies. He laid out a timetable for federal approval Local agencies will submit their comments on the study to IDOT, which will then answer each comment Hopefully this will be done and incorporated in the original EIS report by the end of this year, the state of­ ficial said The report will then be sent to the Federal Highway ad­ ministration for review. It will probably be the middle of 1977 before the final review of EIS is approved, Nepomuceno said. Another year's delay is ex­ pected because of two ad ditional reports which must be (C ontinued on page 10)