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Herald photo by Anthony ( rol the blaze quit Speaking of Soaps SECTION 2, PACE Group will situdy need iollowing information , Dec. t€, between must be Included In the i re- t;and| p.m., any questsw -,-XP*> V IcHenry area can < I•Child's name and age& ps«m#|)hone ca# ^^phon^numbe# .V y'J* Z~ < j >^nd sisters, and he Jayef$»catte£*" their aps..^ •, l;( nd members hope *Wh« each child wants this record this, ywfr. '^t C *' - 15 charge fo* the ~t\: '^favorite toy last year; f t; u*v t**" ; -m§ *ret'»name, if tap , ^ w would^iike ̂ a ^^Anyone iterated to making ycees. Attention 1137or Joe Nootaisrt 386-1063. Admiring the winning entries of the District 156 Christmas Card Contest are (photo left): Seated, from left, Supt. Robert O. Swartzloff and first place winner Cory Carini. Standing, from left are Plalndealer Herald photos by Donna Santi Shane Johnson, second place winner and Diane Anzinger, third place winner. Above are the winning cards from left to right, first through third place respectively. Winners named in yule card contest McHenry Community High School District 156 recently announced the winners of its annual Christmas Card Contest. Corey Carani, a junior at East Campus, was awarded first place and given a $25 check. His artwork portrayed Santa on the cover and the greeting "Merry Christmas To All" inside. It will be printed commercially by the* school district and send as a Christmas greeting from the administration and Board of Education. Shane Johnson received second place and a $15 check. He is a sophomore at West Campus. Third place and a $10 check was awarded to Diane Anzinger, a junior at East Campus. A total of 37 entries were received from young artists attending both East and West Campus. Judging was done by Central Administration staff- persons. gets mixed reviews |y Anthony Oliver pMrtMtar Kara* staff writer A petition brought to the McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) received a mixed reaction-when the board voted in favor of one half and against the other. Area residents objected to the petition, which concerns two : parcels o of land on Front Street near the Knox Park entrance. The petitioners, Michael Mathews and Thomas Adams ; sought B-3 commercial zoning on both tracts. The land is presently zoned R-l residential. According to testimony, Mathews planned to buy one of the parcels from Raymond Stilling and build a used car lot and repair shop. Mathews said the contract to purchase the land was con­ tingent upon the zoning and he 'wanted to build something I similar to the Adams property : next door. • In the petition, Attorney Donald Truckenbrod noted that ; the zoning sought would be B-3, which permits used car sales and auto repair, or some lesser commercial classification and a variation to allow the specific use. - . On the other parcel, Adams already has a used car lot and repair facility and his is ai legal non-conforming use> His property was zoned for com­ mercial use by the county and remained so until the city an­ nexed the property and automatically changed the use. For Adams, there is a problem in t that with a legal non­ conforming use, he cannot build, expand or even take a six-month vacation without the property losing its status. "I want to continue the use. The land was zoned B-3 in the county before it came into the city," Adams said. ZBA Chairman James Fouse asked if the area could support two such operations side-by- side. Mathews responded that it could because the Adams v business specialized in classic and older model cars, while he wanted to work on newer vehicles. Board members and objectors expressed concern that the business might resemble a junkyard, but Mathews assured them it would not. He said there would be 15 to 20 cars on the property at the maximum. The residents in attendance raised two objections to the petition. First, they objected to the junkyard potential and second, they objected to business along the east side of Front Street. The second objection was the subject of a long court fight when a local ' automobile dealership tried to move to Front Street, between High Street and Bull Valley Road. The objectors-Frank Gregory, Richard Golbeck, John Armstrong and Janet Conway- were worried about the "domino effect" of business zoning in that residential district. • Truckenbrod argued that no building permits for residential structures had been taken out for that stretch of highway in more than 20 years. This he said, indicates that people simply do (Please turn to page 3) A newly-organized citizens com­ mittee is to begin studying McHenry County's need for a publicly-owned airport large enough to handle small, private jets. Last week, the McHenry County Board appointed a 15-member group of residents that will help determine county policy concern­ ing aviation. Bob Morris, staff member of the county's Economic Development Commission, said Monday that he has sent letters notifying advisory committee members of their nominations. County board members culled their choices from about 100 ap­ plicants. Five people from each of the county's three districts were named. Among the more notable choices were Lake in the Hills Village Clerk Pam Hopp and Buck Hilbert, one of the nation's first air mail pilots. "A lot of the people who applied were aviation-minded," Morris said. The county, however, wanted to strike a balance bet­ ween aviators and laymen. Some of the pilots applying were employed as land appraisers, ac­ countants and in other related fields. District 2 board member Dean Cunat said the advisory group's goals will be worked out between its members and the county's aviation consultants, Ralph Burke Associates of Park Ridge. The county's Economic Development Commission, highway depart­ ment and planning department will aid the airport committee, Morris explained. One of the first items on the new body's agenda will be to evaluate a two-part survey seeking the opi- nions of area pilots and businessmen on county airport needs. The leaders of companies doing $1 million or more in business annually, Morris said, were asked if an expanded airport would help them economically. Businesses of this size, he added, (Piease turn to page 3) Fire damages Chroma building Buss will head county board It was just about 6:30 Thur­ sday morning when firefighters from McHenry Township Fire Protection District heard the same words they had heard 11 months and six days earlier. "McHenry Fire 1201, you have a structure fire at Chroma Corporation in the Tonyan In­ dustrial Park," came the alert. Indeed it was, as a passerby reported that flames were visible from southbound Route 31 out of McHenry. Men and equipment from all three McHenry Township companies responded to the alert and the roof fire was brought under control in about 10 minutes from the time of the alert. Dep. Fire Chief Chris Bennett said the only real problems face<| by the firefighters were the high winds and the bitter cold. No injuries were reported to firemen or civilians. Bennett said the fire appears to have started near a skylight in the northeast corner of the building. The cause of the fire is under investigation and damage was estimated at $4,000. In early January of 1984, the factory portion of the industry was destroyed by fire. The building was rebuilt this year with funds from industrial revenue bonds issued through the City of McHenry. Ed Buss of McHenry, a 21-year member of the McHenry County Board, was selected as the new county board chairman Monday. ' The District 2 representative, who first was elected to the board in April 1963, was named to replace Clint Claypool as the board - made new committee assignments at a special meeting at McHenry County Courthouse. Buss, by his own recollection, has served on every one of the county board's committees except the Economic Development Com­ mission, which was organized on­ ly a few years ago. He also served GOOD MORNING! HIGHLIGHT The Plaindealer-Herald reprints its wedding policy in today's issue. For a clarifica- t i o n o n p h o t o s a n d matrimonial write-ups, see today's Life Today section, page six. SHAW FREE PRESS MEDIA . INC . Church Sec. 2, Page 7 Life Today Page 6 Neighbors.. Sec. 2, Page 4 Volume 109, Number 31 Obituaries Page 7 Schools.. Sec. 2, Page 1 Sports .. Pages 18. 19. 20 2 Sections. 28 pages as chairman of the Transportation Committee. Buss, who owns a Ford dealer­ ship in McHenry, said Monday he had no plans or goals as county board chairman that he wished to discuss at this point, but he added that he planned to meet with all the .new committee chairmen soon. District 3 board member Ervin Walters of Hebron was selected as the new vice chairman of the board. New committee chairmen in­ clude: Thore Emricson, District 3, Audit and Court Services Commit­ tee; Cal Skinner Sr., District 1, Courthouse Operations Commit­ tee; George Lowe, District 1, Finance Committee; Steve Moore, District 1, Economic Development; John Murphy, District 1, Liquor and Licensing Committee; Don Doherty, District 2, Purchasing and Insurance; Ann Hughes* District 3, Personnel; Ron Morris, District 3, Health and Agriculture Committee; Chuck Weingart, District 2, Transport- * tion; Robert Stoxen, District 3, Valley Hi; Lou Anne Majewski, District 1, Planning and Zoning Committee ;NDick Meyers, District 2, Legislative Committee; and Dean Cunat, District 2, Public Safety. The heads of two firefighters are just barely visible a as they move in to knock down a roof fire at Chroma Corporation early Thursday morning. Plalndealer Firemen were able to control the and damage to the building was minimum. for airport By Jim Nash PUIadMlcr-Herakl News Service /