Notes for Sesquicentennial History of Woodstock, 1982-1991

Notes for Sesquicentennial History of Woodstock, 1982-1991

2002

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1982-1991
COMPILED BY JOAN H. MANSFIELD
2002
COMPUTER FILE: HNOTES 1982 19 PAGES

1982-1991 DECADE NOTES FOR HISTORICAL WOODSTOCK EVENTS Compiled by Joan H. Mansfield 2002
WOODSTOCK LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL JAN-APR 1982 MICROFILM
1982
Heavy snow and freezing rain greets New Year (1/4)
Bonn's Ace Hardware on the Square-electronic alarm clock for $8.88
3 bedroom house for rent 1 XA bath $350 per month.
Pork chops $1.49 per lb.
WHS students learning to use CRT's
3 more inches of snow (1/6)
Raffle ordinance proposed for Woodstock
Burning of the Greens ceremony
Sign law in process (1/7)
Temperature is -27 degrees Sunday-roads closed (1/11)
Snow, cold and high winds-schools closed, power outages, frozen pipes-widespread cold (1/12) Broken watr mains, burst pipes in school and courthouse Illinois Bell phone store changes
January 14-new Jewel-Osco store opens on Eastwood Drive; 47,492 square feet CBD & SPR approve sign law (1/15)
Star Worlds Family Arcade opens on Main Street-$2 door charge & free games during Power Hour. Second weekend with -20 degree weather (1/18)
Turning Point organizes; counseling, temporary shelter and education for battered women.
Unemployment rate in McHenry County is 7.5%
Organizing recycling to coordinate groups in Woodstock (1/19)
Ditka named head coach of Bears (1/20)
A & P adverties Campbell chicken noodle soup for 29 cents per can.
Sales tax revenue down 6%; snow and wind clogged roads (1/22)
Interest rate on IRA accounts at State Bank 12.95% (1/2% above 6-month T-bill rate)
Bill Anderson tries to improve Christmas activities on the Square.
Still cold. (1/26)
Illinois Job Service to stay at 425 Clay Street in Woodstock but cut to 1 person. Massive Federal
cutbacks; 1500 applicants per month.
Harvard A & P closing, Woodstock still open.
Jaycees get permission to have City Fair July 4th.
Senior Center to be at Walden Oaks (2/3)
Improve East Calhoun Street.
Smoking issue at schools (2/4)
New construction at memorial Hospital.
More snow. (2/5)
City short of money (2/8)
D200 proposes closing Westwood and Clay Street schools (2/9)
Open House at Walden Oaks for seniors (2/17)
Woodstock Area Recyclers formed (2/18)
Sanford (pen company) to build plant in Woodstock (2/22)


2/22 Automatic Liquid Packaging opened.
A T & T is restructuring in seven regions.
RTA & Ike Bitton working on improving train schedule (2/23)
Post office reminded young men to register for draft. (3/1)
A & P to close Woodstock store (3/2)
More snow & wind.
Taxi service since Feb. 1981 losing money
Coming soon: ATM at the State Bank
Empty stores: Schultz Brothers and A & P (3/8)
To auger under railroad to install sewer on East Jackson Street (3/12)
Heavy rain on top of snow-localized flooding (3/15)
Edgewood Street flooded; Albanese on trial for poisoning murders in Fox Lake (3/18) World wide oil glut-low gas prices 99cents per gallong (3/19)
Friday March 19-Military jet tanker explodes and crashes in Greenwood; 27 crew killed; Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard; (3/22)
First Woodstock Area Recyclers drive in the parking lot of Hornsby's Family Center nets 1 14 tons of
aluminum cans; 6 tons newspaper; 3 !4 tons glass.
A & P at 220 N. Jefferson street closes (3/25)
Wells Manufacturing adds 28,000 square feet to DuraBar plant.
Don Madsen wins in court and gets his job back. (3/26)
Movies showing in Woodstock: "On Golden Pond" and "Super Fuzz".
Albanese trial moved to McLean County (3/30)
CAT scan at McHenry hospital.
Arrest 5 who committed 7 burglaries (4/5)
April 4; Nine inches of snow and 5-10 degrees-chance of more snow. (4/6) Bell breakup continues.
Eagle advertises 1 gallon of 2% milk for $1.64. More snow (4/8)
April 30-May 1: Woodstock hosts Perservation Conference. Gambling raid, arrest 2 (4/22) First ATM at State Bank.
U.S. Immigration service raids two county industries; Claussen Picle and TC Industries; 20 agents removed 43 employees.
ScotLad leases A&P store-to be leased to local retailers (4/26) City proposes Special Service Area for Public Square (4/28) Britain fights in the Falklands.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL MAY-AUG 1982 MICROFILM 1982
Farmers are racing to get crops in - wet fields.
Fourth Annual CROP Walk (5/4)
East Calhoun reconstruction underway
Tuesday, May 4 City adopts sign ordinance. (5/6)
Rundi's at 823 Lake Ave, Steve Rein appeals loss of liquor license.
Richard Henzel as Mark Twain at Opera House (5/7)
ComEd rates to increase 7.8%
Special Assessment on East Calhoun dercree: Residents pay 15%; City 85% of 25% share; total


$365,581 ;FederaI share is 75%. 2,530 linear feet. Discuss rising health costs versus state funding at nursing homes. Grace Lutheran Church is 75 years old. (5/12) Storm-scattered power outages (5/17)
More liquor license disputes. Caterpillar to lay off 7,000 workers in Peoria. ComEd raises rates.
East Calhoun reconstruction actually begins. (5/18) Special Service area for Square defined.
Tuesday, May 25 the Circus Train from Baraboo will pass through Woodstock- 21 cars 25 m.p.h. Yogi's Mini Golf to come to South Route 47 (5/21) Ice cream parlor to be on north Route 47 City increases salaries 4%
Woodstock to pay $12,000 MFT money to improve entrance at MCC-others towns to pay but they balk. City to repair wells- 7 wells 190-195" deep. (5/25) Working on mass-transit
Mortgage rates to be reduced; New 12.5%, 3% points, 3 year balloon on 70% appraised value (5/27) McHenry County College (MCC) revenues decline. Cutback on RTA service Memorial Day Parade
City objects to county zoning six acres to commercial at 47 &176 (6/2)
Cable company complains of theft of srvice
Automatic Liquid Packaging plant opened; 77,000 square feet.
Elevator for Opera House
Cold & wet weather
Christmas lights for the Square for December of 1982.
Clay and Westwood schools closed (6/9)
Band concert June 16, Woodstock Art Fair, August 22,
Cease fire between Israel and Syria
Nuclear ban march in Woodtock.
34th Annual Miss Woodstock (6/14)
Advice column on being laid off.
McHenry County Emergency Services discuss surviving nuclear nightmare (6/18) City acquiring property east of city hall for a parking lot (6/22)
McHenry County Wireless Assn. Meets: annual American Radio Relay League Field Day (6/28)
Parade Sunday and 968 piece fireworks display (7/6)
Renovating R.O. Andrew Feed Store for retail space.
Second Annual Woodstock Jamboree to be Sept 11 and 12 (7/13)
Historic survey in progress (7/14)
County says needs additional space at courthouse. (7/21)
Parking lot on Dean Street by City Hall is being built.
Renovating trains station
Fifth Annual Challenge Road Run
Delay on Dean Parking Lot, increase parking fines.
It rained on the McHenry County Fair
Rockford-Americorp buys First National Bank (8/9)
Steven Feldt's body found Tuesday August 17. (8/18)
St. Helene's about to erupt.


Steve Feldt was stabbed (8/19) D200 to expand Westwood.
Sunday September 12 Woodstock Jamboree featured Kingston Trio, Joel Daly and Sundowners, Hee Haw's Kenny Price and WGN's Bob Collins.
Woodstock's downtown to be listed on National Register of Historic Places (8/31)
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL SEP. -OCT 1982 MICROFILM 1982
McHenry County Conservation District and city discuss park at old landfill site (9/2) Woodstock Country Jamboree attended by 4,000. (9/13)
Michael Sorenson's body found five years after disappearance at Silver Star Mountain, Washington State.
Still working to determine location of elevator in Opera House D200 Requests mediator for labor negotiations (9/16) Square recommended by State for National Register of Historic Places Train depot renovation underway (9/22)
City okay development east of Castle Road and south of Route 14-business, manufacturing, residential on propert owned by Kaper More taxi service whining. East Calhoun Street is done.
Extra Strenth Tylenol-cyanide-merchants advised to remove from shelves by police (9/30) Find 3-year old lost in cornfield.
Dimple Hahn;s car climbs over curb into storefront at 138 Cass
McHenry woman found not guilty due to insanity; stabbed 2 young children and attempted suicide; had
post-partum psychosis- thought she was bad.
Illinois Unemployment Rate is 12.5%- highest since the Depression
Brown Camera Inc. on East Judd Street to close (10/25)
Renovating train station.
National Unemployment 10.4%, Illinois 12.3% (11/8)
"My Fair Lady" produced by Townsquare Players; "E.T. movie at the Princess Record yield corn and soybeans in Illinois (11/16) Hubbard Street Dancers first appeared in 1980; back at Opera House. Woodstock Kiwnis raise money to buy safety equipment for police.
Woodstock Square Promotional Group provides carriage rides, free kids' movies; Dickens' characters for
Christmas
Tree lighting
Before Christmas sales- NEW
Emergency services mutual aid pact in progress more than a year. Record warm- 69 degrees in Chicago (12/2) (Ackeman's is at 124 Cass)
Kmart advertises Commodore VIC20 home computer $159; video games also. Chamber is at 105 E. Judd Street. Chekker Gas station robbed of $159.
Heavy snow; truck crashes into house on Davis Road-up 10* incline. Expand Red Mill-new building for White House Tavern. DieCast still working. Earthquake in Afghanistan


Iran & Iraq about to fight.
D200 more deficit- issue tax anticipation warrants
County appropriates $60,000 to improve MCC entrance and Lucas Road-contributions from Woodstock $12,000 andC.L. $20,000. Tidy moves to Lake Avenue
Fire on East Calhoun Street: 7 year old dies and 4 injured; house gutted; first fire death since 1958;
money and clothes donated to family.
Weather upper 40 degrees, rain & thunderstorms (12/27)
Woodstock Downtown on National Register
High winds- wire down on Church Street blocks railroad
Prime lending rate lowered to 11% (12/28)
Discount rate (Federal loans to banks) is 8.5% down from 12% in July. Bass Pro Shop is building on south Route 47.
LIBRARY- WORLD BOOK YEAR BOOK 1983 (FOR 1982)
September 29th & 30th Cyanide laced capsules of Extra Strength Tylenol kill 7 in Chicago area.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL J AN-APR 1983 MICROFILM 1983
State Bank's ATM is a success after 5 months and $50,000. (1/5)
West Dane Street name changed to Claussen Drive.
Jobless line up at Illinois Job Service office on Clay Street.
No snow- temps 20-30 degrees
Skokie Federal offer free checking and 8.5% interest.
Slippery roads- auto and bus crashes
Memorial Hospital installs CT scanner.
Install Opera House elevator
Snow and cold (1/12)
D200 still broke.
February 28 to be last episode of M*A*S*H
Wholesale prices up 3.5% in 1982- half of previous year's gain.
Memorial hospital executive administrator asked to resign.
Propose increase of liquor licenses to $500-there are 32 licenses.
Drill for evacuation of nuclear accident at Zion nuclear power plant (1/19)
City budget-increase in sewer and water rates
Still an oil glut
D200 money woes=deficit spending
Woodstock Backer's Club raises money for D200 programs.
MCC staying afloat with cutbacks
Mary Calista Barter dies after brutual beating in her home by unknown assailant. Foster daughter
critically injured. (1/31)
City votes to increase liquor license fees. (2/2)
Carl Jessen installs solar system on his home.
Habeck to retire 6/30 after 15 years at D200.
Movie "Gandhi" at Princess Theater
Six months ago, 7 people in Chicago die from cyanide in Tylenol (1982)


Ackemann's still open at Elgin & Woodstock SEDOM cuts back on teachers. County talking landfill
Third Annual Woodstock Country Jamboree to sell beer (4/8)
April 13 primary election for two council seats: jhmansfield 760, George Meyers next, Alan Cornue out. Gas prices up.
Frances Kuhn is named Woman of the Year by Bussiness and Professional Women County proposes expansion of Valley Hi Clothing Closet opens at Clay Street School
Bob Vila of "This Old House" to be at Woodtock Opera House Saturday April 30 (sponsored by Floor to Ceiling Store)
1,350 Walk for Woodstock Backer's Club to raise funds for D200-half athletics; half other programs Moving ahead on Fire Department merger with rescue squad Tidy actually moved to Lake Avenue
D200 referendum to be educational fund increase of 50 cents per $100 assessed value.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL MAY-AUG 1983
Meeting held to discuss plans for Square renovation. (5/3)
D.B. Hess on McConnell Road to expand (5/18)
Special Service Area #5 public hearing 6/15/1983 (??)
12,000 view fireworks (7/5)
20th Anniversary of All-American City (7/8)
Americorp buys First National Bank (7/12)
Svitak home burns on Seminary Avenue, no injuries (7/29)
Bad storm, lightning, trees down (8/17)
Race Across America '83. 3,150 mile bicycle race from Pacific to Atlantic. John Silker of Woodstock finishes fifth.
Telephone workers on strike. (8/19)
Resurface and recurb Throop between South and Washington (8/24)
New surgical suites in operation at Memorial Hospital on South Street. (8/24)
Picture of Odd Fellow Temple while being torn down. (8/25)
Waste Management file for landfill on 118 A. at Hwy. 176 and McCue Rd. (8/26)
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL SEP-DEC 1983 MICROFILM 1983
County begins landfill deliberations-beginning of a long story. City Special Service Area for the Square moved ahead. Odd Fellows demolished-part of State Bank addition/renovation (9/13) MCC and teachers need settlement
Business Showcase '83 at fairgrounds 8,000 people attended City acquired 20 year lease on Main/Throop parking lot connection. Only a few walkers showed up for the Nuclear Freeze Walk (10/3) Ira Lee arrested for Steve Feldt murder (10/4)
Holiday Hospitality Day big success-Women's Auxilairy Memorial Hospital-fairgrounds and house tour Conlin-Collins advertises 1983 2-door Escort for $5,497. Melody Lane bridge reconstruction.
$100,000 to repair roof, strip paint, repair and restore exterior of Opera House


Eagle advertises Jonathan apples 79 cents for 3 lbs.
Building new Grace Lutheran Church on Kishwaukee/Route 14 site.
Now using 337 prefix phone numberds (10/19)
Flags at half-mast for marine killed in Beirut, Lebanon (10/24)
Baskin-Robbins opens in Woodstock
Rt 47 and Stone Lake auto accident kills 2, 4 injured.
No-fault divorce comes to Illinois (11/4)
Illinois Unemployment under 10% for the first time in two years; 9.7%
Streaks and Canes win conference titles (11/7)
Raise postage to 23 cents
D200 referendum fails 2 to 1
Begin constructing addition to Valley Hi (11/11)
Begin building Donald J. Still/State Bank addition (11/17)
Civic, fraternal clubs lament lack of members
four killed in two auto accidents
Star Worlds Video Games closes shop.
???? IHSA champions- Blue Streaks 4A champs; Hurricanes 2A champions. Christmas Clearing House in 12th year.
First year-Christmas lights outline buildings on the Square-financed by downtown businesses (12/12)
Cold and snow for Christmas
Cabbage Patch dolls
City approve fire-rescue merger (12/21)
How to buy a personal computer-front page story
Weather - -15 to -20 degrees, 18 inches snow
Local/long distance telephone service changes (12/27)
Ambulance to charge $75
Dial-A-Ride soon
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL JAN-APR 1984 1984
On January 1, Social Security tax changes took effect: Tax collected on $37,800 instead of$35,700. Employees and employers pay 7% each-(To begin employees no change 6.7%) but 7% for employers-Benefit will increase by CPI increase of wages increase whichever is less.
Telephones: Saturday at midnight AT&T directed 22 local Bell systems to have customers buy phones or
lease them. AT&T, MCI GTESprint and others will provide long distance telephone service. (1/3)
Investigating computer for library (1/4)
Police will enforce child safety seat law passed last summer
Seneca Ladies Literary Society active after 129 years.
Chamber of Commerce moves from 105 E. Judd to 110 E. Calhoun Street
Between 1973 and 1982 there were 27 murders in McHenry County.
Illinois passed Consolidated Election Law in 1981*****
After two-five years of lobbying two afternoon trains return to schedule for Woodstock. Skokie Federal offers 10% on 1 -year CD. Waterbeds and computers advertised Shaw Free Press Group raises its ugly head. D200 drops some classes
League of Women Voters supports bilateral nuclear freeze

City approves Dia-A-Ride service plan-2 buses due in February (1/18)
County to spend $350,000 on Algonquin by-pass planning.
John W. Isbell, 32, comes to town: Public Works Director (1/19)
McHenry County Waste Study Committe formed.
Propose L-shaped apartments for Throop/Washington/Tryon property
Computer dating is advertised.
City to buy 106 N. Jefferson Street property to make triangle parking lot using SSA money; Downtown Parking Corporation bought 2 parcels, City bought 2 parcels. Dean Street done last year. (1/23) McHenry County Waste Advisory Committee says County needs landfill (1/24) Extensive energy conservation by D200- windows covered and much more. (1/24) Chemical People-Tough Love-Parents Anonymous are active groups. McHenry County College discusses liquor sales on campus (1/27) Easter Seal rents child car seats. United Way raises $245,000
Henry the Groundhog is featured in a story about Sally Joosten MCCD Wildlife Rehabber. (2/2) First Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Library (2/2)
Farms: 1978 were 1,270: in 1982 weere 1,255 avg. 215 acres per farm. 270,244 acres.
City approves idea of industrial bonds for renovation of Montgomery Ward/Schultz Bros, building by
local investors.
Indict Ira Lee for Steve Feldt murder (2/9)
V&V Appliances damaged by fire in rear of building along Jefferson Street (2/16) Crimestoppers and Jaycees active.
Courthouselow on storge spaces-storing records in semi-trailers. (2/21) Library to get computers Dial-A-Ride to be here March 5 County jail overcrowded (2/27) D200 shortof money
Carefree Village on Seminary Avenue, assisted living for seniors, being built
6 a.m Monday March 5 Dial-A-Ride begins with 2 wheelchair-equipped-lift busses.
Break dancing is popular. (3/8)
State unemployment down to 9.5% (3/9)
Lotto jackpot is $12 million
Three day festival proposed for July 4,h-Taste of Woodstock, Battle of Bands-security costs $3,300. D200 Referendum loses again.
Woodstock City and Rural Fire vote to pay rescue tax (3/21)
Building State Bank addition.
Drop in assessed values means a drop in taxes (4/2)
Trains hits cow (steer) 200 feet west of Route 47; 9 p.m. cow dies. (4/4)
Finding staples in Girl Scout Cookies is a hoax.
Bob Bell, Bozo the Clown since 1961 retires
Macintosh Computers advertised
Aavang Brothers to open IGA grocery (4/6)
Oper House funding debate during budget deliberations. (4/11)
City approves Country Jamoree again (4/18)
ComEd still trying to get Byron plant up and running (4/19)
Tax bills are sorta late.
Arnold May is having problems with neighbors with his sludge disposal activities in Spring Grove

Bears" Singletary to speak at annual prayer breakfast Gypsy Moths to be counted by monitoring.
Last serivce is April 29 at Grace Lutheran Church at 311 Washington Street after 77 years; building, built in 1881, was purchased from German Presbyterians in 1910 for $2,000. Two killed in truck accident. Woman pedestrian injured by train
D200 Walk for Woodstock nets $35,500 in spite of 95 m.p.h. winds. (4/30)
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL MAY-AUG 1984 1984
Six hurt in accident at Route 14 and Lake Avene
No more horses on farms so few farmers raise oats
Land annexed for Sanford (Pen) Corp to build (5/2)
Lots of garage sales advertised
Lt. Gov. Ryan visits St. Mary's School (5/4)
ComEd's Byron plant not finished- $9.8 billions spent.
Grace Lutherans are now happily tucked into their new church.
D200 School asbestos problems-27,000 square feet ceiling needs replacing-estimated asbestos removal to be $200,000 to $300,000. Drug charge, 2 arrested (5/9) Prisons overcrowded.
D200 to build bus garages-estimate $163,900.
Home Federal offers 1 year CD at 10.5% (5/16)
Ackemann's at 124 Cass Street robbed of $79.
Mandatory seat belt law in process (5/17)
Exotic male dancer arrested in McHenry
Square Buck promotions by Woodstock retailers
Sixteenth Annual Fair Diddley to be May 20.
Graftek Press coming to McConnell Road
On May 30 there will be an Annular eclipse of the sun= not total
Satellite dishes advertised
"Romancing the Stone" local movie theater
Economy is recovering (6/1)
Hornsby's remodeling
Al Mansfield featured speaker at WHS graduation-265 graduates (6/4) City approves liquor license for store to open at former A & P
Break dancing populer- practice on sidewalk in front of Grigg's Book Store- cardboard taped to sidewalk. Illinois first state ot require seat belts. (6/8)
Clothing Closet operates out of Clay Street School for 2 years by church women, provides clothing for needy.(6/ll)
City band celebrates 100th season.
McHenry County Waste Study still putting along.
AFDC in Illinois-aid for child with only one parent or a disabled parent or unemployed parent. Drug arrest-cocaine
Special Service Area for Square meeting to view plans (6/22) New McHenry Hospital in business 8 floors 195 beds. New Opera House slate roof (6/26)

Aavang's IGA Downtown Grocery Market (6/26)
No fault divorce in effect on Saturday, (Tues 7/3 newspaper)
Grant to finish railroad station renovation, floors, doors, restroom fixtures.
Farmer's Market in downtown on-going. (7/12)
No air bags in cars-auto makers opposed-
Tebala Shrine Circus to be at fairgrounds for 3 days. (7/13)
Break dancing at Illinois State Fair
D200 asbestos removal $199,190 to date-much more to go-could cost $500,00. (7/19)
Proposed 131 unit mobil home park north end of Wicker Street (7/27)
Sept 9,1984 Seventh Annual Challenge Road Run
Old feed store on Jefferson Street demolished 7/31 for parking lot.
Another car jumped the curb on Van Buren Street this time.
Fourth Annual Woodstock Jamboree to be August 26.
Carefree Village under construction, part of roof collapses.
Complaints about 3' to 12' satellite dishes in yards.
Square Mall restoration proceeding. (8/16)
County to build an auxiliary facility next to courthouse.
City to build parking lots (8/22)
State Bank advertises 1-year CD for 10.85%
Jamboree will have games, music, Nibble of Woodstock, Serendipity Singers-2,000-3,000 visitors. Moslem militias battle in north Tripoli-mortars, rickets, machine guns (8/23) State Bank almost done. Temperatue is 97-103 degrees
Accent Video Grand Opening at 100 Cass Street (8/29) HCA is now operating Memorial Hospital.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL AND SENTINEL-HERALD SEP-DEC 1984
MICROFILM
1984
Woodstock Marketing & Development Corp. sucdeeds Downtown Parking Corp. Alan Cornue,
President-to seek economic development services.
Easter Seal Second Annual Antique Show at fairgrounds
Aavang's IGA advertises gallon 2% milk for $1.49
Tavern owners object to DUI crackdown (9/6)
South African riots
Feasibility study approved for McHenry County airport (9/12) Corn, soybean crop problems- because of spring drought
Second Annual Woodstock Business & Trade Fair at Fairgrounds 9/14-15-16 (9/14) E. Jackson/Jefferson Street parking lot starts
Video conference at Opera House on downtown revitalization-National Trust for Historic Preservation (9/18)
Eight years later County to decide to expand courthouse
Approved beer for Jaycee Superfest in October at Fairgrounds (9/19)
McHenry County Waste Advisory Committee approves plan-to have hearing. (10/10)
City removes stop lights at Dean & South and Throop & W. Jackson.
Wet weather hamper corn and soybean crops. (10/24)
Sidewalks

Illinois may require unleaded gas (10/26) City to install siren at First Street water treatment plant (11/1) School referendum to increase educational rate loses (11/7) Jefferson-E. Jackson parking lot almost ready (11/7)
Opera House Inc. to raise $200,00 for exterior renovation to Opera House (11/9) Wet weather still hinders harvest.
Fox River-Chain O Lakes Agency is approved at election. Funded by user fees and grants per Illinois
Waterway Management Act.
Advertisment- Bohn's Ace Hard ward on Route 47.
New Grace Lutheran Church on Kishwaukee Road dedicated (11/19)
Gait Airport fire-two planes and a hanger destroyed (11/20)
City changes garbage collecion-requires newspaper recycling. (11/21)
Approve Marketing & Development Corp activities.
Press box at WHS Larry Dale Field burns-arson (11/26)
Rosewood Apparel selling fixtures.
Ackemann's and Hornby's still open.
D200 short of money
Debate about Opera House restrooms (12/18) Hornsby company is sold (12/20) Carefree Village opens (12/20)] Christmas Clearning House still going. Pak-A-Sak, food for needy, at Clay Street School
Rodney W. Jenkins stabbed to death near 122 N. Benton Street, one other injured. Manuel Herrera Diaz, 22, charged. Three Hispanics and 4 others, all strangers in confrontation.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL JAN-APR 1985 1985
Fifteen inches of snow (14)
Ira Lee on trial for Steve Feldt murder (1/3)
Garbage collection change to be approved.
Illinois front seat belt law effective July ls,.-third state (1/8)
Approve garbage collection: newspaper recycling; Curb 4 cans $7.64 per month; Rear 4 cans $14.80 per
month; Curb 6 cans 8.64 per month. Senior citizens pr bag-special stickers at City Hall $1.10 per sticker.
In 1984 building permits: 15 single family, 1 duplex, 1 multi-family. (1/11)
Home mortgage advertises 10.9%
Ira Lee found not guilty in Feldt murder (1/15)
Gasoline 99.9 and 93.9 per gallon; warm weather and oil glut
Hornsby's stores to be closed-big sale on Saturday- to re-open as Alco Discount Store (1/17) County landfill plan completed.
Public hearing for proposed landfill 2 miles north of Huntley.
On January 19 and 20 termperature -28 and -32 degrees-power outages
Second application for landfill east of Pyiott Road in C.L. (1/22)
Strong winds, ground blizzard from blowing snow. (1/25)
Minus 21 degrees (2/1)
City to spend $25,000 from Federal Revenue sharing for Opera House restrooms. (2/4) D200 may re-open Clay Street School Postage goes from 20 to 22 cents (2/8)

Anderson's Men's Wear going out of business (2/13) Opera House restroom idea dies. (2/20) Valley Hi is full (
City to spend $100,000 for pool rehab and city hall elevator Huntley landfill application buried. (3/21) Alco Discount Store to open
Frame's Men's Wear opens in former Anderson etc. location.
Hardee's and Taco Bell plan to come to Woodstock.
To reconstruct Square sidewalks and street (3/25)
Lighting and sidewalk designs approved by city for Square (3/27)
Paint ball is becoming popular
Plan for new subdivision on McConnell Road-Woodcrest 112 single family 82 duplex SUMA Corpt to expand to new site-formerly Industrial Fuel Injection (4/5) Salmonella outbreaks from tainted milk in county (4/11) Page two story abut incidents at Byron reactor $4.18 billion plant
Salmonella outbreak-five state area-3,000 ill, 3 deaths; 50 cases at Memorial Hospital; Gov. Thompson
fires public health director. County has near 200 cases salmonella. (4/16)
Frank Mass' mobile home park being discussed (4/26)
County airport study comes up with 9 possible sites to be narrowed down to 3.
Woodstock Backers Walk-A-Thon had good weather but a poor showing; may be the last (4/29)
LIBRARY- WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL MAY- AUGUST 1985 1985
Jobless rate hits 10-year high 9.4% in Illinois WHS Sunshine Spirits singers and swing band perform (5/7) Chester Gould dies Sat. Dick Tracy created in 1931 (Mon 5/13) Alco Discount grand opening today in Hornsby's building (5/15) County holding hearing on proposed private landfill
Westwood to be Kindergarten center when re-opens. Tenant Youth Service Bureau to leave. (5/16)
Plan Commission approves mobile home park - Del Mar estates (5/28)
Farmer's Market on Square is annual event (5/30)
Council rejects mobile home park (6/5)
SUMA breaks ground corner Castleshire & Davis Road
Food Pantry seeks new home Pak-A-Sak program was at Clay St. School (6/5)
State grant $50,000 for downtown improvement-State's Central Business Development program (6/10)
City buys new $65,000 ambulance, deliver in six months (6/19)
Punjabi Bros, lounge on Lake Avenue liquor license suspended (6/20)
Car crashes, stabbings and beatings (6/25)
To widen 47 to 3 lanes plus improve Irving Avenue and 120 intersections, curb & gutter between
Mcconnel and 120 (7/3)
County gravel pit hearings (7/15)
Woodstock Mall in progress (7/16)
City applies for $250,000 grant to laon to SUMA (7/18)
County airport search down to four sites (7/24)
Crimestoppers pays $200 to caller-arrest of suspect (7/25)
Food Pantry reop4ns at 226 Washington Street (
City goes to referendum to enlarge library (8/7)

Library bond issue $1.75 million defeated in 1980. Tree bank parking problems discussed (8/8)
Woodstock Art Fair sponsored by the Chamber of commerce on Square Sun. Aug 18 (8/;9) Open bids for sidewalks, curbs, street lights & street repair in downtown. Total estimated at $1.35 million-
$400,000 from Federal Revenue Sharing, $790,000 bonds from Special Service Area #5, State grant $100,000 not certain. (8/15)
Showcase '85 at fairgrounds by Chamber of commerce,, up to 2,000 attend. Library referendum $987,500 (8/21)
McHenry County College seeks annexation to Crystal Lake (
School board to ask for education fund increase (8/29)
Northwest Herald to publish Saturday edition beginning 8/31 (8/30)
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1985 1985
Heavy rains l"to2" (9/9)
UAW and Woodstock Industries reach agreement-400 workers. Woodstock Die Casting in process of
being bought by Woodstock Industries an affiliate of Larsco Group (9/17)
Square improvement project to wait until spring (9/18)
Two Mexico City earthquakes - estimate 3,000 killed (9/20, 9/21)
Peddlers Inn and Pub (9/20)
Kiwanis Club annual peanut days
City Plan Commission object to airport on site west of Woodstock (9/27)] Retail sales up after slow summer
3 BR house near Square and schools $42,500 (9/27)
4 BR 2 bath at 458 W. Jackson $89,900 (9/27)
1985 Lincoln Continental $26,273; 1985 Cougar L.S. Coupe $14,235 at Lincoln Mercury dealer (10/1)
Lake Avenue 1 million gallon water tower, erected in 1969, to be painted for the first time (10/2)
City opposes airport site west of town. (10/2)
City Council repeals mobile home code in zoning ordinance (10/3)
Northwest Herald - new home in Crystal Lake (10/4)
Northwest Herald- new front sections (10/14)
Algonquin bypass in the news (10/17)
Concorde lands at Rockford airport (10/22)
Route 14 Auto Parts on Washington St. burglarized and vandalized (10/25)
Library $987,500 bond issues wins 1,630 to 1,257 (11/7)
D200 education tax referendum loses 2,302 yes, 2,598 no. (11/7)
Route 47 to be widened in the spring from 14 to Wier Road (Ware??) (11/13)
City Park renamed (11/21)
Farm & Fleet ad: Ladies coats $77.99 (11/21)
1st Annual Christmas Ball - Chamber of Commerce (11/21)
1985 Oldsmobile Firenza $8,895 (11/26)
Blizzard hits midwest and sub-zero temps; Rain, snow, heavy rain then snow and cold (12/2)
Ackeman's may be leaving Woodstock (12/4)
Start Route 47 widening- to complete Sept 1986 (12/5)
State CDAP grant for Woodstock Industries $500,000 to retain jobs (12/5)
Benoy Motors ad: 8.6% APR financing for 48 months.

State unemployment 7 % ; down from previous. (12/7)
Jim Green proposes Kilkeeny Apartments on property by City Park (12/9) Eagle ad: Turkey 88 cents per lb. (12/4)
Annual Christmas Clearing House deliver to 260 needy families- Woodstock Rotary Club and helpers. 1985 Highlights: (12/31)
15" snow New Year's Day 1985; Ira Lee acquitted: 253 WHS grads, 220 Marian; Nov. 5 library referendum wins. $250,000 state grant for library
LIBRARY-NORTHWEST HERALD APRIL 1 -APRIL 30 1986 1986
Each day of publication the Northwest Herald distributes separate editions for different areas- much of the news is the same and very difficult to find news about Woodstock even in the Woodstock Edition.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE COPIES 4/23/87 TO 12/30/87 1987
Woodstock Independent starts publishing 2 BR 1 72 bath townhouse for sale $53,900.
Bull Valley Gold Club Estates concept gets Plan Commission approval.
Oakland Cemetery - maintenance concerns.
19th Annual Fair Diddley (5/7)
WHS Girls' League May Tribute- 58 years
Build addition onto Presbyterian Church (5/7)
Main Street reconstruction begins (5/14)
Inaugural of Woodstock Mozart Festival
8 new board members for Oakland Cemetery (5/21)
Dedicate Vietnam Memorial at McHenry County Government Center May 25 (5/21)
Jacobs Development between Olson School and cemetery proposed (5728)
State Bank to merge with Suburban Bancorp
Possible alcohol restriction at Emricson Park (6/4)
County still searching for landfill site (6/18)
American National cn to build on Lake Avenue 100 jobs
To improve downtown-fill coal vaults, replace sidewalks, reconstruct street surfaces, close Benton/Church left turn- $1.4 million. County Sesquicentennial
Cryo Custom Grinding on Lamb Road burns (7/9) Defenders locate at 132 Cass Street
Tower blown down at Evans Products on Washington Street while being dismantled. (7/30)
19 days of over 90 degree weather. (8/6)
First Woodstock Mozart Festival -2 weekends (8/12)
County receives more landfill site applications. (8/19)
Horizon Shopping Center built (8/19)
Serious motorcycle accident-teen dies
Westwood is kindergarten now

Approved Bull Valley Golf Club Estates (8/26) City gets computer systems. (9/2)
First Annual Peace & Friendship Festival on Square (9/19) Resurfacing Main Street (9/23)
Fox Meadows, Walrose Manor subdivision approval move forward (9/23) Guardian Electric to consolidate in new building on Lake Avenue (9/30) Holmstrom & Green to vacate Benton Street and build on Route 14. State Bank merger final (10/7)
Chamber of Commerce buys building at 136 Cass St. (10/7) Two children drown in pond at Walden Oaks (10/7) Austin's Place is open-dram shop at Main & Cass-lower leverl Mary Lou West dies in house fire on S. Tryon St. (10/14) Knuth's Ice Cream was in Elks Building 57 years ago. Last Tuesday alcohol banned by city council in parks. (10/28) Adopted per bag garbage disposal with recycling. (10/18) Car phones advertised.
Landmark Pharmacy closes-sold business to Osco. Elizabethan Manor-360 unit multi-family housing proposed Uncle Dan Terlikowski "Never had a bad day." (12/2) Ackemann's building vacant. Snow-closed roads (12/16) Not a white Christmas (12/30)
To start per bag garbage pickup, free blue recycling bins delivered the week of 12/28. Re-subdivide Valenti Industrial Park on Dieckman (12/30)
LIBRARY- WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE COPIES 1/6/1988
1987 Year-In-Review in January 6, 1988: (May be only 6 months?) Westwood named kindergarten only
Main & Benton Streets rebuilt- $350,000- 4 months finished. Library addition and improvements finished $1.5 million District 200 budget cuts-less state aid Approved Bull Valley Golf Club Estates Per bag garbage- 1st in U.S.???
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE COPIES 12/28/1988
1988 Year In Review:
Per bag garbage pickup begins.
Begin clean-up of soil and water at Woodstock Die Cast
Defenders oprate recycling at city building on SW corner Throop & Washington Street
Will re-open Clay Street School 1989-1990 school year.Olson School will be junior high only. 1st grade
at Westwood.
In July Woodstock's old landfill on Davis Rd. is put on USEPA preliminary list of Superfund sites. Drought May to July - no July 4,h fireworks due to fire danger.
Raymond and Ruth Ritter murdered, two children attacked. Arrest warrant issued for Richard Church in August.
Knuth's Office & Sports Supply on Main/Benton Street destroyed by fire in September. Business reopens in Woodstock Square Mall. (Sept)

City approves Kishwaukee Woods 256 acre development. (Never happened.) (Sept) Helioport approved for hospital on South Street.(Sept)
United Auto Workers Local 922, Woodstock Die Cast on strike about benefits (Oct) Proposed Castleshire housing development on Borden rejected. (Dec) Approved sign variations for Benoy Motors new business at 14 & 47. (Dec) (Old Courthouse Inn restaurant closed summer of 1987) Joey T's restaurant open at 224 Main burned Knuth's site. (12/28/1988) McConnell Oaks townhomes being built.
AT HOME-WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE 1989 1989 YEAR IN REVIEW 12/27/89
Kishwaukee Woods development comes to a standstill (Jan)
Special Census adds 1,400 pop. is 13,123
P.O. Knuth buys Woodstock Square Mall
Jim Kastner comes to town as city planner (Feb)
City & Claussen ante up for new armory site.
USEPA had put old landfill on preliminary Superfund hazardous waste sites- ILEPA test show high level of certain metals and other materials. Operated as a dump and later a landfill from 1940 to 1980. ILEPA test show near-by water wells not contaminated. D200 realigns attendance boundaries (March) Bohn's On the Square Still open.
D200 builds addition to Northwood Elementary for special ed.
Lot owned by city at north end of Hill st. to be sold, extension of Hill St. to Dane St. is dead. (April) Jim Redding reappointed CEO of Mem. Hosp. HCA Management is gone. Mem. Hosp. May move to site by McHenry County College (May) WHS Building Trades students to finish 17th Building Trade's House. Alco Discount closes- in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Two sites for motels on south Route 47 approved- 3 Brothers and McAloon (June)
Joey T's moved into larger building on Main St.-former Knuth;s building that burned in 1988.
Special on Women's hair cut, $8.95.
Oounty takes option on land for testing for county-owned landfill site at Dunham & Brookdale Roads. (July)
City and Allied Signal sign agreement to share cleanup costs for old landfill. Tapestry Restaurant open in Dec. on Benton St. in the Church Block. McHenry County College to expand. Old Courthouse Inn re-opens (closed in mid-1987)
Addition to McHenry County government Center is under construction; new jail, more offices & parking lot- $25-$27 million. To be finished in 1992. Opera House exterior renovation completed $79,000. D200 has 3,997 students.
City approves 37 acre single family Winslow Acres annexation west of Blakeley & south of Gerry St. Enhanced 911 vote 12,142 yes, 6,427 no; adds 50 cents to telphone bills; name, address, phone number will appear on dispatcher's screen.
D200 committe recommends new high school (November) Crop yields predicted to be above normal (September) D200 schools plan to change junior high to middle schools 1-year CD 9.60 % interest

Civic groups sponsor Picnic-In-The-Park; Moonlight Madness, Round Up Days. 60th Annual May Tribute at high school. Benoy Motors relocates to 14 & 47 intersection.
LIBRARY-WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE COPIES 1/3/90-12/26/90 City approves Dakota Ridge development on South Street 1/3/90
City donates $100,000; Claussen donates $50,000 to purchase site for new armory on Route 14 west of town.
1990 Year in Review 12/26/90
St. John's old church building NW corner Calhoun & Jefferson burns. Used as warehouse for Bohn Hardware. (Jan)
County board votes to proceed with process to site a landfill (Feb)
911 Board formed. County residents had voted in favor of 50 cent surcharge in 1989.**** (Mar) City votes to institute DARE program in schools; buy a $432,000 100' aerial ladder truck for fire department.(Apr)
City sells bonds for improving Square (May) First Annual Dick Tracy Days (June)
USEPA begins testing at Woodstock landfill (Closed in 1980???) (June) Complaints about Cable service (June)
Woodstock Die Cast closes doors-757 jobs gone-about half on strike since Oct 1988. (July) Voted to design South Side Sewage Treatment plant improvements. (July) United Auto Workers end strike (Aug)
Old landfill is put on Priority List Superfund site by USEPA (Aug)
Two mobile classrooms at Woodstock High School. (Aug)
City approves hospital campus project at Doty Road and Route 14 (Aug)
Nativity figures turned over to BPW and Chamber of Commerce for storage and display on private property. (Aug)
D200 building referendum loses 4175-2856.
Water wells near old landfill declared safe. (Nov)
Discussion about E911 centers -single or multiple? (Nov)
City and County study storm water drainage problems along south Route 47
D200 to try referendum again in Feb.
City police and dispatchers vote in F.O.P. Union.
AT HOME- WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE COPIES 1991
1991 Year In Review: 12/25/91
Frances Kuhn, 77, former mayor dies on Jan. 8
Library is 100 years on on Jan. 26
Encourage support for troops in the middle east.
Woodstock Manufacturing files Chapter 11 - parent of Woodstock Die Cast. As of 2/6 had closed doors 7 months previously (7/1/1990 757 workers) (Feb)
D200 referendum for high school, early learning center and administration center $37.4 million loses. (Feb)
State to improve Route 14 & Kishwaukee Valley Rd. intersection (March)
Edgewood Drive flooded (March)
April 2 voters elected Don Fortin, Ginny Semrow
Old Courthouse Inn and Jail closes.

May 11 U.S. Post Office moves from Johnson Street to 1050 Country Club Road. D200 begins process to acquire 120 acres on east side of Raffel Rd. north of Ware Rd. June Metra no longer sells tickets at train station in Woodstock. 2nd Annual Dick Tracy Day Parade
July 9- Memorial Hospital and Northern Illinois Medical Center vote to merge. July 25- Gov. Edgar signs property tax cap bill. July 31-Aug 4- McHenry County Fair.
Jaycees provide fireworks at Emricson Park in July- Jaycees since 1987
Rain in early June ended month of drought-crops saved-Still hot and dry in July.
City put in place .006 cubic feet per second storm drainage restriction along Route 47 from 120 to Route 14 and west to Dean Street.
Dream Field at Emricson Park is ready-rebuilt by donations and volunteers. (Sept) Oct. 2 PADS opens at Congregational Church one nite week.
Equipment and office furnishings sold at auction by Woodstock Die Cast on 10/2 and 10/3.
New armory being built on 12.6 acres on Bypass 14-City paid $100,000; Oscar Mayer paid $50,000 to
buy land. 23,775 sq. ft. building- State pays $750,000, Feds pay $1.6 million.
Nov. 21 Fire at 107 Melody Lane-3 children die.
Richard Church, wanted for murder of Ray & Ruth Ritter captured in Salt Lake City, Utah. 11/21 Cynthi Parker wins gold in gymnastics at Prairie State Games
CITY HALL- CITY COUNCIL MINUTES VOL. 9, 10/10/83 TO 12/6/88 1986
Beer license request for 4th of July Celebration (1/21/86)
Transfer $99,000 from Light & Power fund to General Fund.( 1/21/86)
SUMA grant is a CDAP state grant (2/18/86)
Three requests for Industrial Development Bonds, Cunant, Guardian and ? (2/18/86) D200 referendum to increase educational rate (3/4/86) Mosquito abatement bids (3/18/86)
Snowmobile club requests $10,000 from Revenue Sharing to develop multi-use trail at old landfill (3/18/86)
Discussion on color of gray concrete blocks for crosswalks. (4/1/86)
Guardian Electric to relocate to 12 acres, next to Joslyn- to complete in 1987 (4/1/86)
City eliminates mosquito control for 1986. (4/15/86)
Final plat approved Cobblestone Townhomes (5/6/86)
Bids for McConnel Rd. water main- $321,000 to $464,000. (7/1/86)
To design elevator for City Hall (7/15/86)
Special Service Area #6 $100,000 bonds. (8/5/86)
American Can to come-CDAP grant (8/5/86)
Emerald West is in process of building (8/5/86)
Temporary window sign discussion (8/19/86)
City buys leaf loader $13,200; Tappan St. improvement contract $206,109; Victorian Village in process;
Mem. Hospital proposes abuse rehab on 30 acres at Davis & Dean. (9/2/86)
1987
City Hall elevator cost $ 121,431.(1 /6/87)
Discussion on alcohol in parks; City buys fire pumper $131,875 (1/20/87) Handicap parking and Federal requirements (1/20/87)
Discuss McHenry County Sanitary Landfill & Recycling request. Recommend they expand Sands Road

site. 2/17/87
Request for push cart hot dog stand (3/3/87)
Wilcox land on south Route 47 floods.; Bull Valley Golf Club conceptual plan approved. (5/5/87) Contract for City Hall computer $57,764. (6/2/87)
Downtown Improvements: Street lights are in, Part C, Main and Benton, are next $515,829. (6/2/87) Big discussion on alcohol in parks (7/14/87) Vote to ban alcohol in Parks ( 10/20/87)
5/30/2002 jhmansfield File: HNOTES 1982