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Business m>c 2 'age i Church... Jtoc 2. Page 4 Life Today. Page4 Volume 109. Number 80 joituanes... Pagi School Page Sports.. Sec. 2,iPgsl2 Memorial Day meant different tilings lor different people. For one youngster (above left) ft meant wearing Dad's beret and gloves of the Polish Legion of American Veterans (PLAV) and marching as the shortest member with the color guard in the parade. For By Marion Olson PlaifxMtrHcraM News Service A Building Committee list of fnaintenanS needs and buMbg improvements, contracts for 1985-86 supplies, and some personnel changes received school board approval the District 156 meetin^ recently. Board members ^viewed a report of the Building Com­ mittee setting a priority Ust of 21 items to let for bids or purchase in the immediate fiiture. recommendation of of an announcement at East Campus was questioned by Board Member Judith Zid. The purchase board al level board similar to an above ground announcement board at wfeft Campus, would be used to advertise school eveiits and to honor athletic and- academic teams and individuals, ac­ cording to school ad­ ministrators. Mrs. „ Zid questioned whether the estimated cost of $6,600 would be using school monifes effectively. The purchase would be made through the Developer Donation Fund, according to plans. Mrs. Zid said, "I realize we cannot buy textbooks with the Developer Donation Fund, but there must be other areas that could use the funds better. To me that is an awful lot of money for pieces of glass, letters and sign, a ground' concrete?* committee prioritizes needs a « «•*• i a. * m ̂ unfh fliA an-Supt. Robert Swartzloff swered, "We are responding to suggestions made for the last several years by staff, board members and people in the dommunity." • Additional contracts for 1985- 86 school supplies and equip­ ment were awarded for in­ dividual departments as well as general use. A two-year contract Board President Edward Neumann's major concern was that the sign be aesthetically, appropriate. The board ap­ proved the purchase in a 6-1 vote. Pldns are to locate it in the area south of the East Campus main entrance' where the building forms a U-shape. " . • • In further business, a rotary motfer contract, "an item needed immediately," ac­ cording to Supt. Swartzloff, was awarded to Geo. P. Freund, Inc., McHenry for $6,600. Other Building Committee recommended and board ap­ proved needed items were a sound system for East Campus gym, carpeting, portable fans, paint, vacuums, carpet ex­ tractor, window shades,, line striper, ladders and combustion analyser with an estimated combined cost of $24,176. * At West Campus, ascertained and approved needs were caps - received from Pam Shaffer as on lockers in the boys'locker head volleyball coach; Je replacement of We$t Campus carpeting was awarded to Lindman's Carpet Manor, Rock- ford, in the amount of 463,904. In personnel ' changes, coaching resignations were v^th the district for 11 years, was approved. The request was accepted with "best wishes for a happy and healthv retirement." Dorothy L. Cripps was ap- for proved for fulltime West room, patio benches at the northeast entrance and at the bottom of the northeast ramp entrance, vertical blinds, paint, carpet cleaning extractor, vacuum, taskmaster floor machine and vandalproof light fixtures, with an estimated combined cost of $6,299. erry Rankin, as assistant football coach; Gary Trembly, assistant softball coach; and David Luckett, assistant baseball coach. The request for retirement at the end of the current school year of Kate Hamilton, East Campus Guidance Counselor Campus Spanish instructor and Mary Johnson, as four-fifths part time Home Economics instructor for 1985-86. Classified employent was approved for Janev Schultz, special education bus aide; Sneila K. Aleckson, West Campus Chapter I instructional aide and Susan E. Jette, tran­ sportation secretary. The board also approved a West Campus overnight field trip to Achieve and Behavioral Disorder classes to Watersmeet, < Mich. V PLAIN DEALER-HERALD SHAW F REF PRLSS MEDIA, INC Wednesday , May 29 , 1985 Veterans remember fallen comrades By Robert Gordon Platndeator Herald staff writer Although Memorial .Day is indeed a time when most are free of work pressures and textbooks, it is more than just the third day of an extended weekend. It is a date set aside to honor the American servicemen who gave their lives for their expressed six ot seven peop he was one of thei 19 years old." Another WWII "It just means we served our country to the best of our ability when we were needed and are happy we made it back safely," said World War I veteran, Henry Rahn, 87. "Now we are honoring those boys that didn't make it back." American veterans from every major war were represented at the Legion Post Monday, and stfme were con­ cerned about the future country the*"' "t^amuonal^hiud^y generations'attitude toward the ceremonies took place, local important holiday veterans gathered at the American Legion Post 491, shared their experiences and what the special day one die, but I personally means to them. "I didn't see anyoro had a nephew who was in the Pacific, and his ship was hit by a kamikaze ( suicide attack by a Japanese airplane pilot) six months before the war ended," said Robert Bennett, Wonder Lake, who served on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Japan during World War n .when he pie aboard, and them. He was only PUindMler Herald photos by Anthony Oliver another con McHenry lost. tuple at the (femetery at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in (above right) it meant a tearful reminder of a loved one veteran, 58- year-old Russ Parker, McHenry, enlisted when he was 19 and served in Europe. "All of the men that I served with went there to protect their country," Parker said. "And many sacrificed their lives to do it. And that's why this day is so important to me personally and the other veterans. They made the supreme sacrifice." I think veterans and the older people are recognizing Memorial Day," saia Bob Chovanec, a 42-year-old Vietnam veteran, who served in the states when he was in his 20's and now lives in Wonder Lake. "But I think the younger people are forgetting what irs all about. I think the young people are losing contact with what a veteran is. If it .wasn't for those we honor on Memorial Day and veterans, we wouldn't have a free society." . Other veterans interviewed were displeased with the change of Memorial Day's traditional date. "I think Memorial Day has been ruined by big business," said 55-year-old Bob Freund, a Korean War veteran who served in the marines and now lives in McHenry. "It's held on a Monday and that's all for the businesses. I think it was, better on May 30th where it belongs. I think they lost something there." ' VETERANS--Paee 3 Please don't pay that bill Here's a bit of good news. The Village of Sunnyside is asking residents NOT to pay their garbage disposal bills, recently received by mail. According to Phil Fleming, village clerk, the village, as it has in the past, will nay for garbage pickup. A computer foul-up 1 the bills tobe mistakenly sent tocustomers. caused] Residents return the I Mcffenry, asked not to pull oat Jheir checkbooks, but to to: McHenry Woodstock Disposal Co., Box 516, .,60060. J • • Gravel pit rep tells other side of story Defenders offer scholarship of McHenry County. Selection will be • The deadline for filing ap­ plications for the $750 en­ vironmental scholarship 'sponsored by the McHenry County Defenders is Monday, July 15. The Alta Rush Titus Scholarship was established in '1978 to encourage students to continue their education in an * environmental fields -• The scholarship will be awarded for the 1985-86 school year. It is open to college juniors, seniors or graduate students who are legal residents based on academic record, character, leadership, and variety of environmental interests. The scholarship is financed by revenue the Defenders receive from sponsoring recycling drives in the county. Applications * for the scholarship may be obtained by writing to McHenry County Defenders, P.O. Box 603, Crystal Lake 60014, or by calling (815) 459-0450- GOOD MORNING! Johnsburg's• girls' softball team suffered a season- defeat in regional , 7-4 to Crystal Details on the section two, u 12 16 2 Sections. 30 Pages Plalndealer Herald News Service The proposed extension of McHenry Sand and Gravel Company's west pit on Sherman Hill to surround Valley View Elementary School and move closer to Glacier Ridge sub­ division is a controversy that aired last summer before the city and is now back. The gravel company recently filed a petition for a conditional use permit with the county Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and a copy of it was received by the city. The McHenry City Council met Thursday night in what was supposed to have b6en executive session, but in the face of information received that morning and more than 100 company employees, Mayor William Busse opened the meeting. , , Busse commented that in light of the new information he felt it would be better to recess the meeting so that all parties could be heard. The council con­ curred. The city, fathers are con­ sidering whether to take a position and, if so, what position to take. Thursday's meeting was recessed until 7:30 p.m. tonight at West Campus. In, a subsequent interview, Allen Miller, McHenry Sand and Gravel corporate secretary, commented, "We feel we received a lot of bad press and some false statements were made. After last summer's fiasco, we wanted to clear the air." The information given to Busse concerned air and noise pollution studies conducted after the brouhaha subside^ last summer: In 1984, the company went before the city's ZBA with a similar petition and in response to the outcry from a number of city residents, the petition was withdrawn. , Miller said the company had two engineering firms conduct studies to determine if the pit operation had any detrimental air or noise pollution effects on the school or nearby sub­ division, as opponents claimed. "Needless to say, they were both in our favor," Miller said. The air and, noise pollution studies were made by ETA Engineering, Inc., of Westmont, 111., and Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., of Evanstpn, HI., respectively. The ETA Engineering study concluded, "The proposed ex­ traction process will not cause an increase in pollutant levels over what currently exists." The current levels, the study says, are well within state and federal guidelines and the study also indicated, that some benefit would accrue from the elimination of the major source of dust-agricultural tilling of the farm land to the west of the school and northwest of Glacier Ridge. That farm land is the subject of the petition. GRAVEL PIT-Page 3 Allen Miller (above) stands before the front-end gravel operation that would be conducted on the loader as it is about to dump a bucket of gravel subject property, if the county okays the con- and dirt into the hopper. This is the only part of the ditional* use permit.