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DIES IN FIRE-A Hre claimed the lives of a Wonder Lake couple and completely destroyed their house just after midnight Saturday. Firemen found the badly burned bodies of Walter R Vltavsky, 44 and his wife, Roxanne R. Vltavsky, 42, in the home at 7795 Orchard road after the fire had been extinguished. Both the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The fire reportedly started in the gas wall heater in the addition to the left of the home. Firemen arrived at the scene within minutes after the fire was reported and the flames were already shooting into the sky. The entire building was destroyed and damage was estimated in excess of $50,MO. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD PAGE 1&«PLAINDEALER 'WEDNESDAY j JANUARY 80,< likely to be just as unpopu dead as she was alive. Hier resurrection, in the form of cold cash, has done little to increase her stead in the eyes of McHenry merchants and residents. In in­ terviewing ̂ eir people, five merchants and five residents, all agreed the coin was likely to cause problems because it is not much larger than a quarter. In a move that took some members of the City Council and Attorney Jeffrey Ladd by surprise, both the preliminary and final plats of the first phase of the Winding Creek development were passed less than 15 minutes after the 385 acre development was annexed into the City of McHenry. Representing the objectors, Ladd said he was disap­ pointed at the annexation, but not surprised and that he was "shocked and appalled at the rapidity with which the preliminary and final plats were approved." In zoning matters, the McHenry County board denied the request of Lee Haydary, Hushnag Javid and Hassan Najafi for an amendment of the county zoning ordinance for property in Nunda township extending south of McHenry to north of Crystal Lake. The three sought to have one parcel changed from "F" Farming to "R-l" Residential district: The property consists of about 715 acres with frontage on Crystal Spring, Mason Hill and Cherry Valley roads. The Zoning Board of Ap­ peals recommendation for denial was based on five points of consideration. Members noted that the existing use of the property in that area is farming and residential and although estate zoning is present, the zoning is predominately farming. The program which would provide federally subsidized flood insurance for existing buildings and their contents would also effectively condemn future develop­ ment of river front land, according to City Attorney Bernard Narusis. The program was presented by Alan Birman of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The agency is in the process of completing base flood elevations, which will be published in the Plaindealer. Once these are published, the City has six months to upgrade its building stan­ dards, or be suspended from the program. Teachers in Region 5 of the I l l i n o i s E d u c a t i o n association recently elected Suzanne Gerasch to the position of Region 5 chair­ person. Elected for a three- year term, she will serve as official spokesperson for IEA members in Region 5, which covers most of Lake county. As chairperson she will also represent the region on the board of directors of IEA. Ms. Gerasch currently teaches English at Antioch Community high school. In a move which would lead to the acquisition of 165 acres, of land from the Northern Pump farms, McHenry and Richmond, the trustees of the McHenry County Conservation district approved a letter of intent to buy (in about two years) in order to take advantage of a $126,000 gift from the Nor­ thern Pump firm and a grant for the development of a portion of the land. -TTTmri; After a.Hyel City of McHenry Zoning ^Chapel Hill Golf course was board of Appeals voted to given approval by .the City recommend to the City council that a variance on the present "R-3" residential zoning of 420 Front street be granted. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence. Anglese, one of the city's most respected couple$*tare parade marshals for the 1979" Fiesta day parade. ' AUGUST Drainage from the; Gladstone - Falcon de­ velopment seemed to be the main concern of nearby property owners who were objecting to the proposal at the continued hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals. Residents along Riverside - drive, which would serve as the back entrance of the new subdivision, also expressed doubt that this road could carry the increase in traffic from the subdivision and that the traffic survey estimates of cars exiting to this road were accurate. It was elbow-to-elbow as McHenry enjoyed one of its most successful Sidewalk Sales in the history of Fiesta week. The merchants were happy and the buyers ex­ pressed satisfaction as one of the most popular features of the annual observance became a memory. *The final plat for Unit I of the McHenry Lakes Estates development was con­ ditionally approved at a meeting of the City Council. The property in question used to be the old Jacob Freund farm which is located west of Richmond road south of McCullom Lake road and north of Maple. The McHenry County Regional Planning com­ mission has scheduled public hearings for the proposed Land Use plan for the second week in August. They will be held in five locations across the county. Bryan O'Neill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. O'Neill of 1501 Morgan trail, McHenry, is one of only twenty young men in the United States to receive the Society of A m e r i c a n M i l i t a r y Engineers ROTC award. Bryan will be a senior next fall at the University of Notre Dame> where he is on the Dean's honor list, College of Electrical Engineering. Jill Schaefer, McHenry, won first place award in the Senior division of the McHenry County Fair Talent contest. Jill per­ formed a ballet to "The Spanish Waltz". The zoning change request for the two-and-a-half acre parcel at 420 Front street which Attorney Terry Mohr wants to use for professional offices was approved by the McHenry City Council. Basically, the same request made by Jim Althoff last February, was denied by the City Council. "It's time for the apathy to stop, it's time to get our heads out of the sand and realize that we have a problem", McHenry Police Chief George Pasenelli said. Pasenelli was referring to a resolution adopted by the Crystal Lake City Council calling for tougher laws regarding marijuana and the automobile. "To bring this a little closer to home, there were four men arrested in Florida with 20 tons of marijuana" Pasenelli said. "Two of those men were from McHenry." A 40-acre parcel of land .from the Plan commission. Cliff Marquardt, Oakwood, and Karl Reiche, Roselle, presented their plans for a 32-lot development to the commission. By law, "a- developer must get Plan commission approval from the nearest incorporated municipality with the ap­ propriate ordinances. Prior to approval from the County, which is ultimately responsible, Chapel Hill Oaks Unit I has received approval from the Village of Sunnyside and both the Johnsburg and McHenry school districts. At a special meeting of the board of High School District 156, held during the past week, Althoff Industries of McHenry was awarded the contract for life safety work at East campus. The Althoff bid as general contractor was the lowest submitted in the amount of $2,045,600. A projected sharp climb in the deficit for the education fund in the tentative budget of Elementary School District 15 drew concern from board members and school adminsitrators. Based on estimated revenue the $316,190 deficit, which in two previous years had been slowly reduced, was predicted to rise by $658,813 for a total of $975,003, ac­ cording to Bill Landis, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t f o r operational services. Ronald J. Wilkins of M c H e n r y , r e l i g i o u s education author, has been awarded the National C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n ( N C E A ) Presidential award for outstanding service to Catholic education. The award is given to Wilkins in honor of his To Live Is Christ series, developmental texts, for Catholic junior and , senior high school. Truancy, is a problem of much concern in the local school system, has become increasingly difficult to monitor, according to ad­ ministrators. At East campus, at least part of the reason is blamed on the fact that during the past three years there has been * a noticeable decline in the number of parents calling the school to verify student absences. The City Council moved unanimously to isstoe the revenue bonds for the%ewer plant expansion. Prior* to passage, there were some conditions which had to be met - requirements of previous bonds and of Chapman and Cutler, a chicago-based bond coun­ seling firm. An operating surplus of $83,237 is projected for the 1979-80 budget for High School District 156, board president, Edward J. Neumann, Jr., reported. And in order to comply with statutory lime limitations the board voted to change the date of the next tegular meeting to Sept. 27, to in­ clude the public hearing on the proposed $8 million plus budget. During a heated con­ troversy that extended far past the midnight hour, Anita Vanderwiel, village trustee of Sunrise Ridge iWonder Lake), %asked without success for the resignation of James Rachel, village president. Rachel said he had no in­ tention of resigning-that he was interested in the village and wants to continue in his efforts, - •