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mm Rededication At St. John's •ftiti .CEYJ5A jy/A mjtgpMi/:iri -y, a J/y7 PAGE 17 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30,1M0 that the 18-hole golf course, which was included in the original concept of the PUD when presented to the city in 1965, was projected as a commercial venture and now RDG, which is the successor to original developer Robino Ladd, wishes to abandon the proposal as not feasible. Wonder Lake State bank, 7526 Hancock drive, Wonder Lake, opened for business Oct. 22, according to Stephen J. Mitchell, president of the new full service bank. The board of education of High School District 156 approved a $209,639 ad­ dendum to the current Life- Safety improvement for the East campus building this past week. The amendment will now be submitted to the Illinois Office of Education for approval. The new figure is in addition to the $2,035,000 authorized by I.O.E. earlier in the year for upgrading the East building. Mae Marty Stinespring was awarded the Woman of the Year honor of the McHenry Business and Professional Women's club. More than a month after the conclusion of the nine- d$y teachers': strike in Elementary School District 15, contracts for the board and for the McHenry Classroom Teachers association were signed at the instructional meeting held at Junior high school. A new teacher to Edgebrook school this year, James LaShelle, is now the principal of that building. He was named to the position following an executive session after the regular informational board meeting. City Attorney Bernard Narusis reported to the City Council that the City of McHenry owes some back property taxes, some of which date from 1961. Somewhere along the line, a 1974 application for tax exemption for certain publi lands was lost and ha refiledin 1976. The result of this was that some unowned land or public property in Lakeland park\ Petersen park. Whispering Oaks and the Green street parking lot have taxes due. In some cases the taxes range from 1961 to 1976 and in other cases the taxes due are for one or two years. Expressing justifiable pleasure over the interior of the restored St, John the Baptist Catholic church in Johnsburg are five persons who formed the original planning group working for the restoration.'Erom left are Gail Frisch and Boyd Lindberg, serving on the Building and Grounds committee for the parish council; Jerry Klein, council president; Rich Thiel, also on the Building and Grounds committee; and Jerry Olsen, a parish member in charge of architectural planning. NOVEMBER Mayor Stanek reported to the City Council concerning various road programs which will have an effect on the City. Included in the category where the project has already been approved are: the construction of Illinois Route 120; a new bridge over the Fox river at Route 120; and stoplights at Route 120 and Ringwood road, Route 120 and Crystal Lake road, Route 31 and Pearl street and route 31 and Johnsburg road. In the "hopefully to be approved" category are: the widening of Route 31 to four lanes from Elm syreet Bull Valley road, stopligh at that intersection and stoplights at the in­ tersections of 31 and Mc- Cullom Lake road. A newly completed study of Fox river data gathered over the"past 20 years in­ dicated an apparent im­ provement of water quality, but also revealed gaps in needed information. With the elimination of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) five per­ cent gasoline tax, it was expected gas station managers would drop the pump price of gasoline. By and large that is what they -did. Eleven stations had recorded a decrease in gasoline prices. Three of the statjpns reported no change. price decreases ranged from $.06 to $.02, with most of the stations dropping their prices $.04 or $.05. The McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals again is considering a) whether or not the golf course portion of the Whispering Oaks planned unit development ordinance (PUD) can be amended to allow 256 housing units to be btiilt and b) some road questions. As originally presented in 1965, the plans and models of the subdivision showed an 18- hole golf course to be built in the Whispering Oaks sub­ division. The developers, Residential Development Group, later discarded the coyrse saying that it was not economically feasible to build the golf course. In the short run, food prices as of earlier this Fall at McHenry's three largest grocery stores have shown a 3 percent increase over July's prices for the same items. In the long run, however, the year is more than three-fourths complete "* and the most recent prices j®/reflect a sizeable increase over January. • A $15,366,234 annual budget for 1979-80 was ap­ proved by the McHenry County board in session, but not before a lengthy discussion of the need to consider Spartan measures where money is concerned. The total for General funds was $7,908,073, Revenue Sharing, $529,299, and Special funds, $6,928,862, to make up the total. Finance Committee head, Edward Buss, urged that the county hold the line on spending, freeze hiring and cut ser­ vices. The Johnsburg school board meeting erupted into an emotional dialogue when History Of A Spectacle Man in McHenry Wm. Tonyan 6- Sons. Inc. Authorized Builder of: Inryco an Inland Steel company SIN GENERAL CONTRACTOR a aiiimmmpif I ' I j j from design to landscaping COMMERCIRL • INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL 1400 S.RTE. 31 McHENRY METRL BUILDINGS-- rifin * > T* m jTAA Matt Pfeiffer, Proprietor "It all began at the age of 16 in Germany, I started working as an apprentice to a prominant op­ tician. After deciding this would be my occupation. I applied to and was accepted at the Master Op­ tical School in Berlin. In 1953 I came to the United States, my 4 years experience in school afforded me a good job with the House of Vision and several other major companies. I was responsible for making 500 pair of glasses a day. Uncle Sam comes into all our lives at one time or another and I enlisted into the United States Army. I served as an optician and managed the U.S. eye clinic in Frankfurt at the end of my service career. I returned to the United Sates and started my own wholesale business selling not only to the doctors but also to many major eye glass businesses. I was later elected President of the largest eye glass factory in S.E. Asia-Martin Wells of America. My career in the optical business was just beginning, serveral years later I took over the Sola Lens Company (Scientific Optical Laboratory of Australia) the world s largest and most advance hard esin lens factory, responsible for over 400,000 pairs of lenses a day. My estimation is that I have sold over 4 million eye glass frames and 10 million pairs of lenses in my life. My experience has associated me with more optical persons than most. I have the connec­ tions now to purchase frames and lenses at less cost than any retail outlets. I pay less than my fellow spectacle merchants (much less). I will pass on the savings to my customers.". • i McHENRY OPTICIRNS 1301 R IVERSIDF DR McHENRY IL Ac ross f rom the Fox Ho le I [mmm (815) 385 9Z4Q ,'T^ ̂ r AJ** i--' r~\ i L. i u r \ i . w . o w vu , i J WED. 8 30 -1 :00 - CLOSED SUNDAY V ̂