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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" VOLUME 105 NUMBER 21 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1980 2 SECTIONS 24 PAGES 25' Jeff Nylander, an 18-year-old McHenry resident, is ready for another biking excursion. He recently completed a 3,000 mile bicycle jaunt that took him across the Canadian border. Everything that was needed for the trip was carried on the bike, either in specially designed packs or strategically strapped into place. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Bicycle Odyssey For many people, the bicycle is a source of fun, exercise and-or aggravation. For Jeff Nylander, an 18-year-old McHenry resident, the bicycle is a very real means of transportation. Jeff recently returned to McHenry - the last stop of the last leg of a one-man, one-bike, 3,000 mile Odyssey that would take him across the Canadian border and back again. "I graduated from Marian high school last Spring," Nylander saidAnd I saw a lot of kids going out and getting 9 to 5 jobs." "I had worked the previous summer and I figured I'd never have the chance to do it after high school," he explained. A wrestler in high school, Jeff had received a new bicycle before the trip began and had taken daily trips through Bull Valley, which lasted a couple of hows or more, "to stay in shape." "I started riding SO toflOmilesa day in Bull Valley just for fun," Nylander said. Then the dally excursions took him to Lake Geneva and all around the county. On Sunday, Aug. 8, Jeff started off on the 3,000 mile trip. Averaging about 100 miles a day, Jeff rode through numerous towns and villages in Wisconsin, including Monroe and LaCrosse. Some nights, Jeff would stay with relatives who lived throughout the Midwest. On other nights, he would make camp with the necessary camping equipment that was carried in packs, called panniers, strapped to a frame across the rear wheel of the bike. Jeff noted that it took some time to get all the camping gear packed so that it was balanced across the wheel. "" No stranger to camping, as he recently earned his Eagle scout rank, Jeff made use of state and local parks for his overnight stays. "I'd ride into a small town and if there was a small City park, I'd set up camp," Jeff said. "Then I'd find the City hall and ask if I could stay there. They usually said I could." "In Bad Lake, Minn., the mayor of the town flagged me down," Jeff said. The mayor's son was also an avid bicyclist and had recently completed a 5,000 mile trip at his own. "He invited me ova: for dinner that night," Jeff said. In another small town, Jeff stopped at a McDonalds to ask if there was anyplace nearby where he could set up camp for the night. A man in the restaurant told Jeff he could set up * camp in his backyard, Nyisadar --counted. , " On Aug. 20, after traveling through central and northern Minnesota, Jeff reached, and crossed the Canadian border, at a point near the intersection of the N. Dakota-Minnesota-Canada borders. Jeff fished and camped in Canada for about a day- (Continued on page 16) Distr ic t 15 6 Ratify Teachers Contract Amidst copy that piles high on our desk, we have come to some conclusions through the years regarding the English language. Chief among them is that the little apostrophe has to go. Webster says there are really only three uses for the small mark, but people make it work so hard. Actually, the apostrophe seem's to get in the way, and it's use goe's farther and farther from what wa's originally intended. Just the other day we saw an item on the sports page. Now, almost everyone know's there shouldnt' be an apostrophe in sport's, but there it wa's, bigger than life. And sometime's it seem's to creep into a sentence and no one know's about it; the other time's it's there properly, and other time's the little rascal isn't used at all. Just the other day this newspaper received mail that had the apostrophe all fouled up. Every other word, it seemed, that ended in "s" had an apostrophe before that letter: price's, shoe's, beat's, favor's - and there should have been hone the way the word's were used. For thes'e reasons we should get rid of that bit of punctuation. It's seldom in the right place at the right time. Ye's? KAF A contract settlement between the school board of McHenry Community High School District 156 and the McHenry High School Teachers' association, that was reached tentatively two weeks ago, was ratified by both parties at the Oct. 7 meeting of the board. The negotiated settlement provides for a two-year contract agreement which includes a 12 percent salary schedule increase in the 1980-81 school year. According to a statement from both the teachers' association and the school board, the actual salary increase will be ap­ proximately 11.35 percent. They noted that this was because of a mutual agreement to void ten days of retroactive salary in­ crease during the period prior to the settlement. The salary increase for the 1961- 82 school year will provide all teachers with a 10 percent salary increase, the statement said. The signing of the agreement is slated to take place at the next regularly scheduled District 156 board meeting, Oct. 21, according to Norb Wolter. In other District 156 ac­ tion, Stephanie Allen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Allen, of McHenry, was recognized by the board of education for her "outstanding scholar­ ship." Ms. Allen received the Marian Homecoming Plans ZBA Advises Retail Zoning Vying for the title of homecoming king and queen at Marian Central Catholic high school are (from left to right): Karen Truckenbrod, T. J. Baumann, Dawn Tonyan, Tim Sherwood, Darlene Grenier, Tom Sharp, Madonna Kennedy, Paul Sandall, Toby Parker and Carl Brown. The homecoming week theme is "Under the Big Top", and the Hurricanes will be facing the Knights of Immaculate Conception Saturday afternoon. The theme "Under the Big Top" will highlight h o m e c o m i n g w e e k festivities at Marian Central Catholic high school during the week of Oct. 6-11. The student council sponsored activities will be climaxed by the annual homecoming football game and dance on Saturday evening. The circus theme developed by the student council will feature daily activities that will include: Monday-Clown dress-up day, carnation and telegram sales, and a Pep rally; Tuesday - Busy day; Wed­ nesday - Button day and Sucker day; Thursday - Homecoming Mass, dress-up day, and carnation and telegram delivery; Friday - Jeans dress day, with student council T-shirts, a Pep rally. A bonfire and pep rally is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a dance (Continued on page 16) The developers of a commercial site at the northeast corner of Route 120 and. Industrial drive received the green light from the City of McHenry Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at last Friday's meeting. In a unanimous decision, the ZBA voted to recom­ mend to the City Council approval of a petition that would permit the con­ struction of a retail food store and a restaurant. According to the petitioner, Charles S. Margosian, of |715 Indian Knoll road, Naperville, and his attorney, Samuel Diamond, the purchase of a wedge-shaped tract of land at the northern part of the lot from the Illinois Coil Spring corporation was conditioned upon a favorable zoning decision. The petition called for a change in zoning, from "I" Industrial to "B-l" business in one part of the lot and for variations from two zoning ordinance requirements. The variations, which were granted, will allow the construction of two buildings on a single lot (the ordinance allows one) and a reduction, by not more than 35, in the number of required parking spaces. > . At the. outset of the hearing, Margosian asked the ZBA if the name of the company that might be building on the site could be withheld and the ZBA agreed. He explained that he did not want to disclose the name because the two, parties were involved in negotiations. According to the plan for development presented at the hearing, two buildings would be constructed. The larger of the two would be a 62,000 square foot (estimated) structure, 52,000 square feet of which would be used for a retail grocery and associated drug store and the remaining 10,000 square feet would be rented to four individual shops. It is intended that this structure would be located at the northern end of the property. The second, and smaller, building would be built at the southern end of the site, near Route 120. It is planned that a restaurant of some variety will occupy this space, although Margosian com­ mented that no negotiations have been started in this regard. Margosian told the ZBA that the total cost of the improvements on the site would be between $2.5 million and $3 million and that if financing could be arranged, the developers would like to start next Spring. He also noted that projections indicated" that the City could receive an estimated $100,000 a year in sales tax revenue if the site is developed as planned. In response to a question from board member Annie Cuda, Margosian was unable to say what would happen to the property if the deal failed Margosian commented that the developers needed the variation from the number of psrking spaces required by the ordinance, which would not exceed 35, in order to provide "some flexibility" in the final design of the parking lot. Margosian noted that national grocery chains often have more stringent regulations regarding parking lot layout, capacity, etc. because of the direct impsct on the business, than do local municipslities. He also said that there was some ambiguity in the wording of the zoning or­ dinance in that the number of parking in that the or­ dinance did not specify whether the number of required parking spsces wss contingent upon sales ares square footage or total square footage. (Continued on page 16) Set Health Fair Follow Up With good comments ringing in their ears, of­ ficials who planned, promoted and presented the McHenry County Health fair are looking ahead to the next step; tabulation and evaluation. The follow-up for those who took part in the evaluation and health hazard appraisal iaNpv,**, according to Mrs. Mary Ganek, R.N., director of education at Memorial hospital for ! McHenry County, in Woodstock. Mrs. Ganek served as the coordinator for the Health fair, which Attracted 481 people in the full-day of testing. Officials had to close the door, so-to-speak, at 4 Rm., because of the steady ow of peopl most of the day. pie throughout Key sponsors of the first such event in McHenry county, were McHenry hospital, Harvard Com­ munity Memorial hospital, Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, the ' Seal Therapy center and Woodstock high school. However, more than 20 organizations and agencies united to present the series of tests and screenings. Mrs. Ganek said the follow-up sessions are at the Crystal Lake Senior Citizens center in the afternoon and at Woodstock high school in the evening. Times will be announced about a week before the date. Participants were asked to give their comments, of­ fering criticisms as well as observations on what they felt were favorable aspects of the Health fair. A common theme appears in the comments: the courteous and friendly helpfulness of the more than 100 volun­ teers. Said one participant from McHenry: "I really think an excellent job was done by everyone who worked on the (Continued on page 16) board's Certificate of Recognition for achieving the status of semi-finalist in the National Merit scholarship competition. She is presently a senior at West campus. Wolter commented that this was the first such award to be presented by the District 156 school board since the adoption of the s t u d e n t r e c o g n i t i o n program. Each month, students will be honored for outstanding scholarship or performance in the school activity program. William Godshall and Holly Walker, project coordinator and assistant project coordinator for the Simulated Employee Ex­ perience (S.E.E.) program, reported to the school board regarding the progress and success of the program, which started in 1975. Godshall explained that the program was started as a response to a problem noted by many parents that tto many youths were un­ successful in their first job experiences. The program concept was accepted and later funded in 1975 by the newly formed Title IV branch of the Illinois Office of Education. Since that time, the program has received continued funding and the program originators have been working with other schools throughout the state to establish programs of a similar nature. Godshall reported that, to date, 18 schools in Illinois have established similar S . E . E . p r o g r a m s a n d negotiations are under way with five more schools. It was noted at the meeting that the state facilitator for the national diffusion net­ work has inquired whether Godshall would be interested in making the program available to other schools on a national scale. Godshall said the program is essentially self-supporting as the items made by the students are later sold. The monies received in the sale of the wooden toys and ar­ ticles are used to purchase (Continued on page 16) "Fall For Us In Johns burg Connie Taneredi (left) the "Fall For Us" dance chairman and Dolores Ball, the decorating chairman, are busy preparing for the "Fall For Us" dance to be held tonight, Oct. 10 at the Johnsburg Community club. The McHenry Chamber of Commerce Is sponsoring the event and Invites all its friends to attend the event for an evening of dancing, music, games and good foad. No need for frills or fancy; casual is the mood of the evening, so jackets can be left at home. Fun is the only fashion from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, with time set aside for flashbacks of Fiesta fun and Fiascos. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORDr