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Good Morning nming Into the vehicle driven by stepped At * red light Local report McHENRY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985 Classes include: creative rhythmic movement; creative rhyth­ mic movement, pre-ballet; ballet 1,2, and 3; continuing ballet; taps for tots; tap 1 and 2; pre-teen and teen jazz; continuing jazz; and jazzy exercise. For times and days call the McHenry Park Department at 344- 3300. INDEX/SECTION A Weather 2 Armed Services 3 Twice Told Tales .. .. 4 Community Calendar .. 5 This is a three section, 38 page newspaper © HIORTHWEST riEWSPAPERS MCC readies 'Taste' of free class menus "A Taste of MCC" continues in October with a series of free semi­ nars scheduled to be held at the College. A "Resume Preparation" course i$ being offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7. McHenry County College Counselor, Shelly Kaplan, will cover basic rules of resume writing and forms of preparation (Hiring the session. Students attending another class, titled "The Healing Power of Laugh­ ter and Play," will learn the value of humor. MCC counselor, Cathy Bolger, will lead the 1-2:30 p.m. ses­ sion on Wednesday, Oct. 9. An "Assertive Communications" seminar will be held'from 6:30 to 8 p.m on Thursday, Oct. 17. Taught by Shirley Webster, students will learn how to express themselves honestly, without guilt or blaming or alienating others. For more information about asser­ tive communication, participants can register for a five-week course on the subject to be held during the same Thursday night time period. The seminar serves the first week of the class There is a $10 registration fee for continuing after the first night. Relaxation and visualization tech­ niques to overcome learning blocks and self-imposed limitations will be taught from 1-2:30 p.m. on Thurs­ day, Oct. 31. MCC Counselor Mary Kay'Messling, will be teaching the class titled, "How to relax and Im­ prove Your grades." All the seminars meet in Room 143 of the Main Hall Building on the McHenry County College campus at Route 14 and Lucas road, between Woodstock and Crystal Lake. The seminars are offered free of charge, but to reserve space call the MCC Re-entry Program Office at 455-3700, extension 334. ByMikeMcLaoghlin United Press International MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.-- Hurri­ cane Gloria lashed North Carolina's coast with gales and flood tides Thursday night and turned its 130- mph fury northward for a 1,000-mile coastal assault from Virginia to New Jersey. Forecasters said 25 million resi­ dents of the Eastern Seaboard -- the most populous part of the United States were "looking down a gun barrel" at Gloria. "It looks now like the center will brush the eastern tip of North Caro­ lina and move paralM to the shore­ line of Virginia, Maryland, Dela­ ware and New Jersey " forecaster Marie Zimmer said. "But the center is so close it is really behond our skill to forecast whether it will go ashore in North Carolina. That's our dilemma," Zimmer said. • Gales on the leading edge of Glo­ ria smashed a 200-foot pier at Atlan­ tic Beach, N.C., and storm tides flooded streets in Beaufort, N.C., and raised charter boats at the city dock in Morehead city to street level. "The tide is at street level and we've got our hands full," said Mor­ ehead City police chief W. J. Condie said. Thousands of people huddled in storm shelters and officials from North Carolina to New England rushed preparations to meet Glo­ ria's oncoming fury. "She's coming. It'll be a day of reckoning," said Frank Ramella of the National Weather Service in Rhode Island. Hurricane warnings were flying from North Carolina's Little River Inlet to Plymouth, Mass., including Cape Cod, and a hurricane watch was in effect northward to Eastport, Maine. More than 1 million people in low- lying areas of the east coast were urged to evacuate, including 300,000 in tiny Rhode Island and 80,000 in Long Island and Coney Island in New York, where officials tightened the scaffolding on the Statute of Lib­ erty and ordered the World Trade Center closed. "I think anyone who drives a car into New York City tomorrow (Fri­ day) ought to have his head exam­ ined," said Mayor Edward Koch. Massachusetts officials urged thousands of residents living in vul­ nerable mobile homes from Boston to Cape Cod to seek safe shelter. Some chose to defy Gloria's on­ coming fury. In Ocean City, Md., Steven Whet­ stone dived into the wind-whipped surf at nightfall and said: "The pow­ er of the ocean is incredible. The waves flip you around like you're nothing. But it is a heavenly feeling, like you're close to God's wrath." At 9 p.m., EDT, Gloria was cen­ tered about 140 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., was near latitude 33.5 north, longitude 76.0 west. Gale force winds were fanning out 200 miles north of Gloria's center, which was moving northward at 20 mph. The governors of North Carolina, Virginia^ Maryland, Deleware, New York and New Jersey put National Guard troops on alert. Schools were closed in coastal towns and the Red Cross rushed to set up storm shel­ ters, which were expected to fill by nightfall. Emergency officials feared mil­ lions of people in the New York, New Jersey and New England area who have never felt the force of a severe hurricane would ignore warnings to prepare for Gloria. "l am afraid we are going to pay a high death toll one day unless people respect the awesome power of a major hurricane," said Samuel Speck of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington. Along the historic Outer Banks, emergency sirens wailed to warn people to leave the vulernable barri­ er islands, which forecasters said could be inundated by Gloria's 8 to 12-foot storm surge. The islands' wa­ ter system was shut down to prevent J-burg school district hears good news Sludge dump site to be moved Top teacher award finalists SPRINGFIELD, 111. (UP1) - The State Board of Education Thursday announced the eight finalists for the 1985-86 Illinois Teacher of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the board's "Those Who Excel" awards banquet at the Americana Congress Hotel in Chicago Nov. 1. The winner will be entered in the national teacher award contest. Finalists are: Riay Althoff, 6th grade, Edwardsville Unit 7, Ed- wardsville; Bonnie Bray, vocal mu­ sic, Kaneland Unit 302, Maple Parte: Barbara Gilhaus, home economics- adult living, ABL Unit 6, Broad- lands; Dorina Knight, kindergarten, Granite City Unit 6, Granite City; and Thomas Lundgren, health edu­ cation-family life, Rockford Unit 205, Rockford; Also: Betty Petersen, business, Morrisonville Unit 1, Morrisonville; Maxine Pyle, business-computers, Johnston City Unit 1, Johnston City ; and Randy Steinheimer, fourth grade, Aurora West Unit 126, Aurora. By Carol Stevens Plaindealer News Service Mayor William Dam, of Fox Lake, has agreed to stop transporting sludge from the Fox Lake Sewage Plant in Lake County to McHenry County. He is seeking a new location just over the border in Wisconsin. That information was announced recently during a Johnsburg School Board meeting. State Rep. Dick Klemm sent the board a letter prior to its meeting which assured board members the sludge situation should be resolved within 90 days. Controversy began stirring over the problem about a month ago. Residents near the dump site com­ plained during a public hearing that the sludge posed a hazard to their health. Dam rebutted their com­ ments insisting that it provided fer­ tilizer for the soil. In other business, a saH boat that was donated last year to the school district was finally sold last week. However, in order to the sell the boat, the school district accepted another boat as a trade-in. The original sailboat sold for $3,750. The second boat sold for $1,000 plus another trade-in. Steve Pollock, former director of Vocational Education at the high school, informed the board at its meeting that the third boat had fi­ nally sold for $350. "They didn't even have a dog to throw in," he added. A total of $5,100 was made through the three sales. This money will be put into the general fund after 35 percent is taken out for selling and storing fees. In other business, the building and grounds committee met prior to the board meeting to discuss some land­ scaping work that needs to be done around the Middle School. The committee recommended, and the board agreed, that the Hughes, Inc. bid of $3,200 be accented. Included in the work will be re- grading and reseeding of the upper athletic field, correcting of the swale that has been eroded. Another Hughes bid of $2,700 was accepted for paving work that will be done around the Middle School. The finance committee also met prior to the regular board meeting and made the following recommen­ dations to the board: -A question of purchasing knee braces for the football team was turned down on the basis that statis­ tics do not prove the knee braces prevent injuries. -The board should look into the possibility of purchasing a used NCR computer from another school district for use at the high school, mputei current NCR, which is not working properly. -The c high needs to be replaced. A $2,250 to install a Simplex clock sys­ tem should be accepted. This computer is an upgrade of the NCR, which is not working y- clock system at the junior bid of The board concurred with the fi­ nance committee recommendations. According to a new state law, a District Discipline Committee was established, being made up of par­ ents, teachers and administrators. In addition, a student from the ju­ nior high and the high school will be on the committee. The purpose of the committee is to review the current discipline poli­ cies and to possibly recommend any changes to the board The board adopted an Interim poli­ cy exempting some high school stu­ dents from physical education If they are in Intramural sport and other students who are overloaded and have no study hall from health. This brings the board policy into compliance with state law. Howev­ er, the board will reconsider the policy at a later date when the state clarifies the law and Issues guide­ lines for compliance. ~ SLUDGE --Pafsl The McHenry County Historical Society is sponsoring a local cemetery bus tour from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5; Four cemeteries will be toured, complete with local historical tales of pioneers and a sampling of tombstone architecture. Ceme­ teries include Marengo, North Chemung, Big Foot and Harvard. The cost for the tour is $6.50 a person. Reservations are limited. The bus will leave the Marengo High School parking lot behind the school at 9:15 a.m. and return at 1 p.m. The high school is at 816 E. Grant Highway. For reservations call the McHenry County Historical Museum at (815) 923-2267 between 9 a.m. and4:30p.m. daily. Jazz exercise class offered Adult jazz exercise classes are being offered through the McHen­ ry Park Department, beginning Sept. 30. The fee for the 10-week session is $15 a person. Morning jazz exercise will be held from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. on Thursdays at Lakeland Park Community Center. Beginning jazz exercise Mill be held from 8:05 to 9:05 p.m. on Mondays at Parkland Jr. High School. Continuing jazz exercise will be held from 8:05 to 9:05 p.m. on Thursday at the junior high as well. For more information call 344-3300. Park fcircus trip planned The McHenry Park Department is sponsoring a trip to see the Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The matinee performance will be held at the Rosemont Horizon on Saturday, Oct. 12. The bus will leave city hall at 1:30 p.m. ad return at 7 p.m. The fee is $11.50 a person, which includes transpor- ation and admission. ' < , ' Registration will be taken at the Park Department office at 1111 N. Green St. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 9 or when all tickets are sold. , _ . - For more information call 344-3300. children's dance ass will cost $50 a student for a 28 week The McHenry Parks classes in October. Each session. Road project blocks bus for shut-in Staff Writer Irene Shustitzky, 59, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, now sits a virtual prisoner in her house. Since Thursday, the bus that nor­ mally transports her to work will no longer stop in front of the house, because there is no place to stop. The road at 920 W. Rte. 176 was widened to make way for a left turn lane into the new Fox River Shores Subdivision. However, while widening the road, the shoul­ der was eliminated. "The bus couldn't come out be­ cause of the road condition," said Susan Beckman, daughter of Shustitzky. Shustitzky works for Pioneer Center, Crystal Lake, which pro­ vides vocational training and job opportunities for handicapped peo­ ple. For the past three years, she has been picked up at 7 a.m. out­ side her daughter's residence and transported to the center. "She wakes up at 4 a.m. to get herself ready," said Beckman. "I like to be amongst people," said Shustitzky struggling to pro­ nounce the words. Her job began at 9 a.m. and ended at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. During that time she assembled items, worked on pamphlets and did various oth­ er jobs. Now a shut-in confined to a wheelchair, she sits in her room or watches television, said Beckman. An attempt was made to enlist Dial-a-Ride's help, but the vehicle was too large for the driveway. And Beckman couldn't drive her mother because she has no car during the early part of the day or ramp for transport, she explained. With little recourse, Beckman began phoning people who might be able to help. "At first I got the run-around," she said. Then things finally started to happen. After contacting Tom Nozz, field engineer, for the State of Illinois, she was told a new shoulder would be constructed to allow room for the bus. Nozz said shoulder work was originally slated for later this fall, but says the project will be given more of a priority to allow room for the bus. "We'll make every attempt to do it right away," he said. Beckman said she was bothered that no residents were told of the intended change. About one year ago the road was widened, but it wasn't until last week that lane demarcations were made. "The lane use to be the shoul­ der," said Beckman. Nuzzo, said a permit was issued to the subdivision developer a few years ago to construct a left turn lane. Irene Shustitzky used to be picked up by the Pioneer Center bus in front of her daughter's noiise at 820 W. Rte, 176 until last Thursday. Road alterations eliminating the shoulder made it impossible for the bus to safely stop at the houses driveway. State road officials say the shoulder will be restored. esssea TT Hurricane Gloria lashes North Carolina Hlstorial tour scheduled PCB wants new look at landfill By Angela Burden Plaindealer News Service The Illinois Pollution Control Board has directed McHenry County .Board to reconsider and apply a ^fairer standard of proof to the Mc­ Henry County Landfill application for site approval of a landfill facility near Huntley. In a 5-2 decision, the PCB ordered the county board to apply the strength of evidence standard of proof, rather than manifest weight of evidence, to the applicant's site suitability application for a new re­ gional pollution control facility. The order is a result of the Mc­ Henry County Landfill s appeal to the PCB on the county board's deci­ sion denying approval for the pro­ posed 113-acre landfill site adjacent to Illinois 47. about two miles north of Huntley. In remanding the case back to the county board, the PCB directs it to apply the preponderance of evidence on meeting the six required criteria for the petitioner's application for a landfill site. No comments on toe PCB's order has been made by the county board. Paul Ryske, assistant state's attor­ ney who advises the county board, declined to comment on the Issue Tuesday evening because the PCB's order had not reached the county. Today's Weather SUNNY the high in day night the middle 40s. LOftery AN EDITION OF THE NORTHWEST HERALD Daily game: 691 Pick Four: 4210 LOTTO grand million