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LEE & RAY ELECTRIC 1005 N. FROM |S. RTE .31} 385-0882 Teacher-board agreement signed District 156 Board of Education President Ned Neumann and Teachers Association President Marty Sobczak sign 1983-84 contractual agreement at Sept. 6 board meeting. Both men expressed satisfaction that a negotiated settlement was reached prior to the start of classes. The agreement provides for an average salary increase of 6 percent. organization dissolve, a matter which is still up to the mem­ bership, the only alternative would be to turn the property over#to the state. The not-for- profit status of the LPPOA eliminates the possibility of selling the property. At its regular monthly meeting, the McHenry Town­ ship Board voted unanimously to reduce the tax rate by :0 percent. The rate approved last year, collected on 1983 taxes, was $333,000. The new rate will bring in $297,000 in 1984 taxes. With a couple of small changes, the McHenry City Council voted to keep the levy rate the same as it was last year, if only for the upcoming publication in the newspaper. The revisions proposed by the committee v\ould alter neither tl.w end total of $927,500 nor the prjposed tax rate ofg .867. John c Regner, McHenry Township road eommissionere, announced that the 1983 road improvement program has started Liberty asphalt Cor­ poration of l.ravslake has been awarded the paving contract for the amount of $274,617.54. F inal plat approval for Unit 3 of ihc Winding Creek sub­ division. on McHenry's south­ west side, received City Council approval at the regular meeting. Following executive session, the District 156 High School Board approved a 1983-84 salary hike of an average 6 percent for the district's administrative staff. They also extended Supt. Robert Swartzloff's contract for three years. In addition, classified staff (empolyeer other than administration or teachers) increases were ten­ tatively approved contingent on agreement with McHenry Elementary District 15 on in­ creases for jointly employed staff members. These include bus drivers and some clerical staff who work for both school districts. Tentative pay increases totaling approximately $396,000 were approved for county employees, effective next year. McHenry County farmers will suffer some major losses this year due to the drought, but generally crops are better here than in central and southern Illinois. Hundreds of children at Landmark School had their fingerprints taken as an ad­ ditional form of permanent identification. Curtis Stanley Ames was commissioned as second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. While most Marines receive their assignments upon graduating with their class, Ames was sworn in by his father, Major Carl S. Ames, in a graden setting, overlooking Pistakee Bay. His mother, Louette, and several officers in the Army and Marine Corps were there to lend support. Water system concern took the better part of discussion at the special meeting of the city council. The possible addition of a seventh well to the city's system was considered when Mayor Stanek noted that on one day in July, the city nearly used its available water supply. SEPTEMBER One of the purposes of the Retail Council of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce is to provide their members with informative programs designed to help owners help themselves create a better profit picture. The McHenry City Council took formal action annexing two "islands" of land in the first ward. Aid. William Bolger made the motion to take in that part of St. Paul Avenue which was formerly out of the city and the Stilling-Adams property on Route 31, near Knox Park. The first suit against Waste Management, Inc., concerning the proposed sanitary landfill in McHenry County was filed by Chicago Title and Trust Co., and Angela Ryan charges that Waste Management violated notification requirements as specified in Illinois state statutes. Eligible for parole on Nov. 23, 1983, if convicted murderer Mark Smith served his entire sentence, he would be 280 years old when released. Mark Smith. Richard Otto Macek, Philip Lee Soper and Charles Albenese are among the most notable McHenry area murderers of the last 15 years. Smith is still considered a maximum security risk and he hasn't moved through the system (to lower security) at all. A four-car train derailment at the Morton Chemical plant, Ringwood, created some ex- §ment for officials of the ilroad, the company, fire department and county. The one tank car was earring 20,000 gallons of vinylidene chloride. After close inspection of the derailed cars, officials found there was no leak involved. The financially ailing Regional Transportation Authority has a $41 million surplus, all of it'earmarked for the suburbs. McHenry County received $2.2 million. The money has accumulated in high interest savings accounts during the past five years, and ac­ cording to a transit authority rule, it must be spent on operations in DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will and McHenry counties. A surprise spurt in elemen­ tary school enrollments led the District 15 School Board to employ an additional half time kindergarten teacher. Kin­ dergarten enrollments are up 18 over last year and Edgebrook school has 52 more students registered. This pattern is emerging throughout " the district, causing some alarm. Talk of a strike by faculty at McHenry County £ollege is premature according to a federal mediator, but officials termed negotiations disap­ pointing. Faculty members continue to teach without a contract. A property levy of $269,122 for the Village of Lakemoor was adopted recently following a public hearing on the proposal. Ordinances were also adopted levying a street and bridge tax, police protection tax, municipal audit tax and garbage tax. These were in addition to a series of building codes adopted at the village's Aug. 11 meeting. The code ordinance resulted from the Sullivan Lake an­ nexation agreement which added over 500 acres to the village. The McHenry City Council took different stands on similar issues when two parties made requests for liquor licenses. McHenry Chapter 188 of the Polish Legion of American Veterans was given unanimous approval to sell liquor at the meeting. The cost of the license was set at $100. A normal Class A license has an annual fee of $800. On a similar subject, the council denied the request of a local businessman to sell beer and wine at his quick market and gas station. The Union 76's request for a more restrictive liquor license was denied by a vote of 2- 5. For the second time in three years, the local winner of the McHenry Kiwanis Club Little Miss Peanut contest has ad­ vanced to win the Illinois- Eastern Iowa District com­ petition held, in Chicago. Robin Olszewski, age 7, of McHenry, won the contest held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel. Robin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Olszewski of McHenry. An appeal of the conviction and death sentence of convicted murderer Charles M. Albanese was heard in the Illinois Supreme Court. Albanese, 45, of Spring Grove, was sentenced to death last year for the arsenic poisoning deaths of two family members. The McHenry Lock and Dam recreational boating facilities will remain open as a result of SB 1056 which has been signed into law by Governor Jim Thompson. " A registration took place last month in Johnsburg School District 12, where officials were watching carefully to make sure that the families of the students were actual residents of the district. There have been problems in the past with non­ residents attempting to, and in some cases actually enrolling students in the Johnsburg schools. A proposal to raise dues for members of the Wonder Lake Master Property Owners Association was defeated at the 17th annual convention for lack of a motion. Legalities have necessitated the shuffling of figures on the city of McHenry's 1983-84 tax levy. A total of $25,000 which had been earmarked as a special tax for street lighting, was eliminated, and the police protection and band line items were increased by an equal amount. A number of thefts from garages in the Fox Ridge area has prompted McHenry Police Chief George Pasenelli to issue a warning for neighborhoods throughout the city. The chief said the best deterrent for these types of thefts is alertness and care ori the part of the home owner. The ' 'Crimestoppers" program, which has been in operation in a big way in Crystal Lake and Rockford, received an unanimous endorsement of the McHenry City Council. Crimestoppers is expected to be unveiled in McHenry in the near future. The City Council voted to approve five amendments to the McHenpy Building Code. The changes include: Requiring each single family unit to have a one-car garage; prohibiting the conversion of an attached garage on a single family unit to living space unless there is room on the property to build another one-car garage; prohibiiting storm water drains and foun­ dation drain lines from emp­ tying into the sanitary sewer, and requiring overhead sewers for below grade drainage. Requiring smoke-fire detection devices in all R-4, R-4a, R-4b, (multi-family) and R-5 and R-5a PHOTO WAYNI OAYIORO AT ATTENTION Framed by flags and spectators at the McHenry Veterans' Day ceremony, a World War I veteran stands at attention. 37 YEARS IN BUSINESS Kay f lughes and Lee Sawdo, full of. ambition and desire for success, started their electrical contracting business from scratch, using their homo parage as a base of operations. When their business increased it was derided to rent store space on Main Street, then they started to sell appliances, where in 1952 Gene Adams became a partner and took charge of the appliances. As their business increased and they needed more display room, a new building was planned and construction com­ pleted on Front Street in 1963. They have enjoyed a very successful trade at this location for the past 20 years. 'The younger generation took over in 1973 and Lee & Ray Electric is now owned and operated by Paul and Greg Adams. 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