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THURSDAY. FEbHUARYB, 1979 . pAOne- I
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Huntley will soon have a pharmacy announce Richard Frick, who purchased the Village Store from Mr. & Mrs. Jim Nolan on February 1st. Mr. Frick is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He hopes to open the "Huntley Pharmacy" in the next few weeks. Born and raised in St. Charles, Mr. Frick has two sons, one 18 and one 23, His first wife died in 1974 and on January 25th he remarried. He and his wife, Suzanne, hope to move to the Huntley area.
Huntley has been without a pharmacy since January 6, 1968 when the building was struck by fire. The Nolans purchased the pharmacy from William Buck ten years ago.
SCHOOL BOARD
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MINUTES
The regular meeting of the Board of Education of School District #158 Huntley Consolid¬ ated Schools, Huntley, Illinois, was held in the High School building on February I, 1979 at 7;30 p.m. This meeting was scheduled for January 25, 1979 but postponed due to heavy snow.
The president called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Upon roll call the following members answered present Mrs. Pawl, Mr. Spears, Mr Grismer, Mr. Brettschneider, Mrs. Livingston and Mr. Zirk. Absent Mr. Pupich.
At this time all present joined in the Pledge to the Flag.
Mr. Brettschneider moved Mrs. Pawl 2nd to approve the minutes of the January 11 regular Board meeting as writ¬ ten. The motion carried 6 yeas and 0 nays.
Mr.   Grismer   moved   Mr. Spears 2nd to amend the agenda i for this  meeting.  The motion carried with 6 yeas.
The Board heard an excellent presentation on the Reading/ English Curriculum. Staff mem¬ bers were present to make the presentation and answer ques¬ tions from the board.
Mr. Grismer moved Mr. Brettschneider 2nd to approve the payment of $310.20 to the Huntley Farmside, Payment of the Annual Financial Statement Publication fee for 1978. The Continued on Back Page
H.B.S. IS COMING STAY TUNED FOR
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! wood.
GYM STILL UNSAFE ACCORDING TO STRUCTURAL REPORT
Present at the February 1st School Board Meeting were Alan Thanepohn, Country Companies Insurance Adjuster; Jack Schotz, owner of Kenneth Allen Construction Co. and Joe Kasuba, Structural Engineer. Mr. Thanepohn stated that the school had an all risk insurance policy and complete replacement cost coverage with $100 deductable. He also stated that the building would be reinsured when properly reconstructed, Mr. Schotz said that at this time he had not been able to do much work as the gym is not safe and off limits to all.
Mr. Kusuba was introduced. His opening remark was that the gym lobby would not be rebuilt the same way. He ezplained to the Board that the lobby roof consisted of wooden tresses with a plywood roof. Mr. Kasuba stated that the building code states that roofs should be capable of holding a minimum of 30 lbs. while the lobby roof was constructed to hold only 20 lbs. He said that the excessive snow load had been about 35-40 lbs and that the lobby
was under designed. 	
Mr. Kasuba explained that if high winds of 65-70 mph developed the gym structure would collapse. He said that the building is not stable and that there is a pitch of 2'/j to 5 inches.
According to the 35 page report from Mr. Kasuba, there is a deflection in the precast concrete colums supporting the gym roof. Further study revealed hairline cracking in the concrete girders between the columns, struetrual cracks in mezzanine precast floor system. The crack in the bottom of the meazzanine floor runs 3 feet 4 inches long. Mr. Kasuba also states in his report, "The conclusion 1 have reached about the gym roof system is an inadequate lateral bracing system.
(Editors Note: For the average layman like you and 1 this means that the wooden trusses were not connected or supported by pieces of
BOY SCOUT
The 69th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, Inc. will be celebrated the week of February 4-10 as an event with great significance to youth members, adult volunteers and the general public. Scout Sun¬ day is February 4 and Anniver¬ sary Day is the eighth.
NOTICE
HOBO SHO W WILL BE
MARCH 3rd
SCKIOOLS GET FOUR EXTRA SNOW DAYS
iSchool districts located in the 35 northern counties offically declared as a disaster area in Illinois have been granted four "Act of God" days for weather related non-attendance between Jan, 16-25.
.Under the "Act of God" provision of the School Code of Illinois, Sta^e Superintendent o^ Education Joseph Cronin grant¬ ed the four days to school districts in the disaster area. However, school officals in the 35 counties can not use the days to shorten their planned attend- Continued on Page 2
Later in the report, Mr. Kasuba states, "We had an approximate 5 foot drop from the higher giant T roofs to this shed roof, thus an ideal space that can accumulate snow. The repwrt goes on to say that the giant T pre-stressed pre-cast concrete roof structure to north has experienced a racking and shifting to the south. 1 estimate that a pulling load and perhaps a suction load due to the pressure exerted by the collapse roof trusses has pulled the entire gym structure to the south. Also the indications are that there are no definite horizontal shear resistance of these giant T pre-stressed pre-cast concrete members. In having no shed roof on the south side, two additional items are generated:
1. No auxiliary strutting and strengthening force acting in a northerly direction due to collapse of roof trusses
2. Entire south wall is now exposed to suction forces acting in a southerly direction and thus additional shear forces can develop.
It was also reported that cracking in girders supporting the giant Ts run horizontally. The north wall has dirt half way up the wall exerting pressure at this time.
Mr. Kasuba's proposal for repairs and rebuilding are to use 5 - 1/8 by 27 inches glue laminated beams with a wood decking on top supported by steel shoes for the lobby roof. He also proposed steel beams but said it takes a long time to get steel. The report also contained drawings of the structure showina the old and the proposed new roof. The new roof will have a definate slant. Plans also call for lateral bracing from the gym roof to the walls of steel angle irons.
Mr. Kasuba was asked if he had built the gym, would he have used a steel stsucture. He stated that the gym had a span of 129 feet which would have been economically impractical. To date the new plans for the lobby roof have not been completed but will be availabel when they are.
The following is a detailed report from the school conceming the collapse of the lobby roof.
The roof over the gym lobby collapsed due to heavy snow, on the evening of January 13,1979 at 5:45 P.M. The collapse was found by a student at Huntley High School, Larry Borhart, at about 8:30 p.m. on the 13th. Larry went to the Huntley Police Station, on his snowmobile and reported the roof was down. The police immediately went to the site and confirmed, then contacted thc Fire
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VILLAGE BOARD REPORT
The Village Board of Trustees held their regular meeting February 1, 1979 in the Board Room of the Village Hall and President Enstrom brought the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M.
Roll noted the following trustees present: Lohneb, Ack¬ man, Stroupe, Frank and Mer¬ cer, also attending were Attor¬ ney Caldwell, Village Engloeer Schwegel and Chainnan of the Planning Conunission, James Dhamer and Superintendent Swanson.
The minutes from the January 4, 1979 meeting were brought before the Board fbr approval and there being no additk>ns not corrections, they were thus approved.
The Treasurer's report waM nezt on the agenda. Trustee Stroupe made a motion th^ tbe| report be approved, subject to. an error in the Motor Fuel Taz ^ Fund, being a balance was>. picked up by mistake from the'i previous month. Said motion was approved by Trustee Loh¬ neis. Upon roll call, all tmataes voted  aye   and  the   motion carried. The financiltl reporta from the auditors were also reveiewed. |
President Enstrom tM^My letter from Repco DevefefMBpt. Inc. Mr. R. E. Plote, Prealilllt; expressed their appreclitlmr'fci all boards' (o. the villaig) tlMc and effort spent u thia p^q^Mt. ^ Enclosed with this letter of appreciation a check in lAc amount of $400.oo* payabte to the Huntley Senior CltizMis Fund, which President EaatMMn presented to Mrs. Louiae KiMtt- zer.
Trustee Lohneis gave a te^arx regarding the snow removal expense which IDOT adviaod a claim could be filed for a portk>n of this expense. Percy Swaaaon was to attend a furthe' meetiag regarding this. Truste Lohneis gave February 21st as the deadline for filing, per the Department of Transportation.
Trustee Stroupe asked that a reminder be made to amend the Jackish annexation when and if renewed at its term, September 2,1980.
The President advised the Sewer and Water Committee had met with Mr. Scheflow regarding the Pinecrest sewer and water extension from Al* gonquin Road. This is to be done at no cost to the Vilisge and Baxter and Woodman recommended tha the Board authorize the President and Gerk to execute the necessary permit certifications, subject .to the following conditions:
1 - Two additional fire hydrants should be installed
with the Huntley Algon¬ quin  Road  waterroain extension   such   thst spacing will not exceed 300 feet.
2 - One 8" valve in valve vault
should be installed at thip proposed east end of the watermain eztension
3 - Permanent plugs should
be instslled in the east
inlet at existing manhole
_ 98 and the west, outlet of
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