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McHENRY AN EDITION OF THE NORTHWEST HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1985 County Zoning Board OKs bid on gravel pit Little Miss Little Miss Peanut for 1985, Lisa Thomas, receives a certificate from Thomas Rupp, member of the Kiwanis and chairman of the event. Lisa won the 1985 contest July 21 at Parkland School and re­ cently competed in the Illinois-East Iowa district event in Cham­ paign. She is the daughter of Kent and Julie Thomas of McHenry. The first runner-up was Rebecca Bauer, the daughter of Mark and Laura Bauer of McHenry. The second runner-up is Jamie Ducy, the daughter of Bob and Wendy Ducy, also of McHenry. Good Morning Today's Weather a VARIABLE CLOUDINESS warm and humid Wednesday with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. High in the low or mid 80s. A 60 percent chance of thunder­ storms Wednesday night. Warm and humid with lows in the upper 6Qs. Lottery Daily game: 613 Pick Four: 0158 LOTTO grand prize: $13 million Local report Rules off the Road Secretary of State Jim Edgar, in cooperation with the Senior Citi­ zens Club, Inc., of McHenry, will sponsor a "Rules of the Road" course consisting of two sessions on Aug. 22 and Aug. 29. The two sessions will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon. A vision test will be given at the Aug. 22 session. This course will be held at McHenry City Hall in the Council Room. One need not belong to the McHenry Senior Citizens Club to take the course; it is free. Books take a breather The McHenry Public Library will be closed from Aug. 26 through Aug. 30, re-opening Saturday, Aug. 31. During this time the library will be doing its annual inventory. Patrons are advised that if they wish to drop off books, videos, etc., to use the two book depositories during this five-day closing. Play ending © There will be only two more performances of "The Glass Moun­ tain." The play can be seen Friday, Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnsburg High School Auditorium. Tickets are available at the door and are $1.50 for, adults and $1 for children under 12 and pesons over 65. The high school is located at 2002 W. Ringwood Road, McHenry. INDEX/SECTION A Weather 2 Obituaries 3 Almanac 2 Sports 13-16 This is a 2 section, 36 page newspaper ORTHWEST nEWSPAPERS By Angela Burden Plaindealer Herald News Service The McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals voted 6-1 Tuesday morning to recommend granting the McHenry Sand and Gravel Com­ pany's petition for the extension of gravel mining on 65 acres adjacent to its present 200-acre mining operation. The ZBA's recommendation will be presented to McHenry County Board at its Aug. 20 meeting for a final decision on the petition. The ZBA conducted several hear­ ings on the issue, in which many surrounding objectors participated, claiming noise and air pollution would occur. Bert Emerson, chairman of the ZBA, emphasized Tuesday that the board was not looking at the opera­ tion of the current 200 acres but "only at the 65-acre expansion be­ fore the board." The ZBA decided to set down sev­ eral rules for the conditional use permit for the mining operation, proposed on acreage along Illinois 120 adjacent to the McHenry City limits. The conditional uses placed on the mining on the 65-acres include a 15- year life for the operation. Other conditions are the placing pf a 5-foot woven wire fence adja­ cent to nearby Valley View school property, a 10-foot berm on all sides of the mining operation and a 12- foot berm adjacent to the residen­ tial subdivision side of the mining area. Additional conditions include cer­ tain setbecks from the property lines and a limit on hours of the mining operation. The pit would be allowed to oper­ ate from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. between March and September, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. the remainder of the year and between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. Satur­ days. There will be no operation on Sundays or holidays. The conditions also require that the noise and dust control of the operation meet with the Environ­ mental Protection Agency's ordi­ nances and that 'silent-zone' muf­ flers be used on machinery during operations. The ZBA will also require perfor­ mance bonds on the operation and that the firm's reclamation plan, as presented and approved by the county planning department, be ad­ hered to. The ZBA is a recommending body and has no final decision on zoning requests, these decisions are the sole jurisdiction of the McHenry County Board, which however, usu­ ally follows the zoning board's recommendations. According to ZBA member Kath­ leen Schaid, "The City of McHen- ry's haphazard zoning created this problem" in the gravel pit area. Schaid said that throughout the hearings she had tried to find the reason for the location of Valley View School in the area and said she "just couldn't understand why it was located there." Schaid, the only ZBA member to vote against ap­ proval of the petition, noted her surprise that the school board did not have a representative at the hearings. Member Edward Schweiger of Huntley said that there were two main natural resources to be con­ sidered in the matter, agriculture and gravel. He said that a 65-acre parcel would probably not be profitable for farming and the other vital re­ source would be a profitable and needy operation. ZBA member Horace Wagner of Wonder Lake said the industrial area was iocated in the area before the existence of the residential sub­ divisions and felt trend for the fu­ ture zoning in the area would be commercial. According to Wagner, with the expected boost in the construction industry, there would be a need for gravel. Emerson said he believes there is a need for gravel and he was hot convinced there would be any addi­ tional noise than is made by the existing gravel mining operation. He said that he did not believe the operation would affect property val­ ues and that as much dust could be created by a farm operation's gravel mining. 'Compromise' optimism (ZBA) 6-1 vote and the conditions I and Gravel petition were recommended on the McHenry! Thomas Rupp, former Woodcreek Subdivision president and opponent of the expansion, commented that the ZBA's recommendation was about as good as the residents could have hoped for. Ryflp yjptlft hft ygy concerned about fl# WOijf, WWfeh Wffl not be by the treeline as the pit is extended to the west. As a father of two school-age children, he also exptesst* concern about the proximity of If the recommendations are followed, there will be a 130-150 foot buffer betweot the school property line and the nit. The company wfil also take some action to limtt noise generated by the operation The final decision fin be made by the county board and Hupp said trailtlonany, the board has aeecpted the recommendations of the ZBA. "I Just hope the county board wouldn't retreat," Rupp said. Township gears up for road work The perfect summer re­ fresher is good, old-fashioned lemonade. Several new reci- takeoffs of the original lula, are featured in to­ day's Fodds section. SEC. B. PAGE 1 Area couples, engaged and newly-married, are featured in two full Bridal pages. SEC. B, PAGES 8,8 "Bids for McHenry Township Road District's 1985 Resurfacing Program have recently been opened," said John C. Regner, Highway Commissioner. Peter Baker was awarded the project after submitting the lowest bid at $210,000. Other bids submitted include Skokie Valley Asphalt with $213,000 and Curran Contracting with $246,000. The 1985 program was planned by John Smith, McHenry Township's Consulting Engineer. Regner said resurfacing will con­ sist of laying new blacktop oyer existing roadway blacktop on se­ lected township streets and roads to a new thickness of one and one-half, to twq and one-half inches. It will be as wide or slightly wider than the old pavement, he said. Mailbox turnouts and driveway aprons (con­ nections to existing driveways) will be installed as part of the work. "Paved mailbox turnouts help the Postal Service letter carriers to more safely approach the mail­ boxes for mail delivery in all types of weather." Regner said. "It also prevents them from getting stuck and speeds delivery at each mailbox. "New gravel shoulders also will be installed, except where home­ owners are already maintaing their lawns up to the edge of the old blacktop," Regner added, "This is especially true in residential areas where grass is preferred over gravel." Those roads to be repaved this year are: In the Pistakee High­ lands, Pistakee Hills Area; Mead- owlark, Edgewood, Oeffling CoOrt and Hayden Court. In the Pistakee Bay area are Old Bay Road and Lauderdale Court (front portion); in the Johnsburg area, Church Cocaine use charged Two Fox Lake residents were ar­ rested for possession of cocaine af­ ter they were observed by McHenry Police. McHenry Police Officer William Brogan noticed a car parked outside 3607 W. Main St., with the interior light on. Walking up to the vehicle, Brogan saw the two occupants ar­ ranging a white, powdery substance into two lines on a leather briefcase. When the two people saw Brogan, they brushed the powder onto the velour seats of the vehicle. But, Brogan was able to retrieve some of the substance. Further investigation indicated that the substance was indeed co­ caine and the arrests were made. Leon R. Thompson, 27, of 90 For­ est Ave., Fox Lake, and Dawn M. McLernon, 27, of 153 Forest Ave., Fox Lake, were charged with un­ lawful possession of a controlled substance. Area motorists can expect more barriers and flashing amber lights the rest of this summer as city and township road improvement programs and projects get underway. The city has an extensive summer road program on tap and it is due to begin in the near future. Likewise, McHen­ ry Township roadwork will be starting soon. Street (east end) and St. John Avenue. In Dutch Creek is Knob Hill and Ivy Lane. In Val-Mar Subdivision, Morgan Trail, Appaloosa and Val Court will be repaved. McCullom Lake Road from Orleans Street to the Railroad Crossing will be re­ paved in a joint project with the City of McHenry. A portion of Riverside Drive from Scott to Kama will be repaved. In Clarmont Hill Subdivision. Buchan­ an, Fillmore and the adjacent por­ tion of Hamlin; also Garfield from Hamlin to Claremont will be done. Mill Gardens north of Wonder Lake is also slated this year. The McHenry Township portion of Pine Ridge Subdivision will be sealcoat- ed this year to carry it through an interim period of up to five years until the residential density in­ creases and warrants asphalt paving. "We had to make some tough, decisions to decide what would be done this year and which roads would be postponed until 1986. In several cases, single roads which could have been done this year were postponed so several roads in that area could all be done at one time. Also, roads not done this year probably will be done next year or the year after, Regner said. "We are not paving as much-this year as past years," Regner said, "because of several necessary road reconstruction projects also being done this year. We are talking about such projects as the Ringwood, Pio- nefer Road intersection and curve, Church Street curb and storm drain improvement, adn other outyear projects including Lincoln Road Hill and curve at Cassandra Lane, and East Wonder Lake Road, Hancock to Rt. 120. "Repaving is proceeding as usual, but at a somewhat slower rate than the past few years. Instead of doing nine miles a year, we are doing only about six miles. This will allow funds to do other important road and drainage projects. However, in view of out tax dollars spent, we are still making good progress all the way around," Regner said. Residents seeking more informa­ tion may call 385-3076. Activity keeps her young at 95 A Wauconda woman, born in 1890, refuses to slow her hectic schedule of club going and bowling outings because as she says "once you slow down you might not get Lillian Vlach will celebrate her 95th birthday Sept. 22. She spends her days craft making, honing her bowling skills and kicking up her heels with fellow club goers. Her bright eyes dance as she reminisces about the Grandmoth­ ers Club convention in Florida two years ago. Each year, chapter members of the national Grand­ mothers Club attend a conference in a chosen state. A contest is then held for participants to show their humor by dressing-up in a comic fashion, she explains. That year "we won best-dressed/' she said. Her eyes twinkling, Lillian ad­ mitted to club members from the Wauconda area wearing grass skirts revealing shorts underneath and skimpy brassier-like tops with 1 leis about their necks. When asked if she will be attend­ ing the conference this year in New York, she said it's a strong possibility. 1 But traveling doesn't seem to bother her. Lillian still drives her­ self to twice-monthly hair appoint­ ments, doctor appointments and other commitments. One of her big commitments is bowling. She recently won a "Big Four" for striking pins in a finely executed manner. However, she said her average is not what it was 20 years ago. "At 75, I bowled a 209 game. YOUNG-PAGE 3 Lillian Vlach