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THE PANTAGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1985 A3 Zoning board favors test flying antiques I 5f Hi I i 1 -Kmm, I By MELINDA D.VRIES Pantograph staff A Bloomlngton man was granted permission last night by the McLean County Zoning Board of Appeals to test fly antique airplanes from an existing landing strip three miles west of Blooming-ton. The special-use zoning permit would allow Jon Denlson to restore the airplanes, mainly antique Piper Clubs, at a building located on one side of Old Peoria Road and test fly the planes on a landing strip located on the other side of the road. The building and landing strip are owned by Loren Pannier. A sale Is being negotiated between the two men for the sale of the building, but Pannier would continue to own the landing strip, north of Illinois 9. Denlson said use of the landing field would average about once a week.

According to the special-use permit, he would be required to place barricades across Old Peoria Road when transporting the antique airplanes to the landing strip for testing. In another case, the zoning board approved a special-use permit and spot rezoning for the Apple Barn, five miles west of Bloomington. Under the plans approved by the board, the Apple Barn would be able to sell retail Items, such as apple cider, year round. Current zoning allows the sale of those Items only during 4he fall harvest season. In addition, the rezoning would allow the Apple Barn to schedule up to 10 weekend events and one three-day event to promote the sale of Its retail Items.

Another request the board considered would allow the expansion of the Lucca Forest subdivision, about four miles west of Bloomlngton. Action was tabled until the board's next meeting. Landowners William and Sandra Sllngsby requested that zoning for a 12Vi-acre section be changed from agriculture to residential. The request was met by opposition from some of the surrounding landowners and residents of Lucca Forest who said drainage In the area was not sufficient and transportation to the proposed expansion area would be limited to one route. Zoning board recommendations were forwarded to the McLean County Board.

Ex-soldier, historian recalls war By TONY PARKER Pantagraph staff Earl Reitan fought for his country during World War II, but he didn't become Interested In its history until more than 35 years later. Now Reitan, who has taught a World War II class at Illinois State University for four years, says he has "become fascinated with it." On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Allied victory In Europe V-E Day Reitan reflected yesterday about World War II, President Reagan's controversial visit to a German cemetery and the days when the Soviet Union was our ally. Reitan said V-E Day May 8, 1945 created a "tremendous sense of relief everywhere," marking the end of Hitler's reign of terror in Europe. But concern still lingered over the war with Japan in the Pacific. So, in retrospect, Reitan said, V-J Day seems more Important because it "really marked the end of the war." V-J Day brought about a "much greater sense of relief," he said.

Reitan also criticized Reagan's visit to Bitburg and German concentration camps. "Why don't we celebrate our victory Instead of other's defeat?" he asked. As an alternative, he proposes a "national celebration in the United States." He said that kind of celebration in the United States "wouldn't dredge up old, negative feelings." Reitan said such a celebration could Include veterans, as well as those who aided the war effort at World War II veteran and Illinois State University history Professor talked about the war on the eve of V-E Day. Special license sought for proposed pubcafe home and Gold Star Mothers, who lost children during the fighting. He suggested the celebration could recognize the cause for which we fought and the sacrifices that were made to defeat the Nazis and their allies.

Reitan also said he would like to "see something done to express our awareness" of what the Soviet Union did in World War II because "historical honesty" should lead us to recognize their role. The Soviets "bore the brunt of the German attack" and had greater losses in lives and property than the United States, he said. "As a historian I think we shouldn't forget these things," he said. Reitan, who has been teaching history classes at ISU for 31 years, served as a rifleman with the 3rd Infantry Division in Italy and France. It was during the landing In France, on Aug.

16, 1944, that the Pnligrh DhotoMAUREEN O'CONNOR Earl Reitan 19-year-old Reitan was hit in the knee by shrapnel. He returned combat in November 1944. Reitan's efforts in the war didn't go unrewarded. He received the Rhine and Danube Medal from the First French Army, which often fought alongside his division, and' the Bronze Star. Like many veterans, Reitan said he was "awfully glad I came out of it alive, and I have not forgotten those we left behind." lion increase in the department's fiscal 1986 budget to beef up inspection of facilities and worker training, including $150,000 to hire eight more investigators.

"(Belletire) has tried to balance the need to create a safe environment for patients with consideration for the staff, who have a very difficult Job to do," said Carey. to stop abuse of mental patients and neglect is at the state's 23 mental health facilities. "What we do know are statistics of the number of employees who have been discharged for abusive actions against patients," said Doug Carey, spokesman for agency director Michael Belletire. "It's difficult to determine what the real magnitude of the problem is." Carey said 55 employees have been fired in the past two years in connection with allegations of abuse or neglect. The proposals include setting up an independent panel to investigate deaths that may have been caused by abuse or neglect, and stricter enforcement of hiring guidelines, including criminal background checks.

Belletire has requested a $1.2 mil- By TOM LONG Pantograph staff The Bloomington Liquor Commission is seeking to modify city ordinances that will allow the former Central Station restaurant downtown to open under new ownership as a pub and cafe. Ed Pelz, who with two other Peoria men plans to form a corporation to operate Sully's Pub and Cafe II, asked the commission yesterday for an unusual dual license that would allow the business to operate as a restaurant during the day and as a tavern at night. Pelz said he wanted the distinction made so he could be on firm legal ground in denying admittance to minors after 8 p.m. and avoid the risk of underage drinkers. As far as the commission was concerned, the major difference between the two types of licenses is that restaurants must show more than 50 percent of total revenue comes from non-alcoholic sales.

Although the commission said it could not give the two licenses, it unanimously approved a restaurant license with a condition that Sully's must operate as a tavern after 8 p.m. If the license is approved by the City Council, only sales that occur before that time would be used to compute the 50 percent requirement and minors would be prohibited at night. Commissioner Richard Buchanan palled it "a welcome development" PDnwBBi And tell her you Love Her State ed chief frets over feared cutbacks that the prospective owners were taking the initiative to keep minors out of the restaurant during times that are primarily devoted to liquor sales. Pelz said he and his partners have a proposal to buy the building at 220 E. Front St.

from Bloomington Federal Savings and Loan. He said the opening of the business still hinges on whether financing can be arranged and how much it will cost to renovate the building interior. The exterior will remain as it is now. The second floor that formerly featured a nightclub will be changed for use only by banquets, Pelz said. He said the operation will be patterned after Sully's Pub and Cafe in Peoria, which has an Irish theme and serves a variety of sandwiches and appetizers.

If all goes as planned, Pelz said the business could open in August. The City Council will consider the recommendation July 10. In another matter, the commission also voted to recommend a restaurant license for two brothers who plan to open a business in the former Butterfield's and Redmon-do's at 704 Eldorado Road. The Eldorado Dining to be operated by Thomas Davis III and Daniel Davis, is expected to open by the middle of June and offer dining fare similar to Butterfield's. The council will consider that recommendation May 28.

Sanders, who was leading a delegation of school, teachers' union and legislative officials to brief the Illinois congressional delegation on education issues, said Reagan's first proposal would net Illinois $465 million in federal funds for the next school year. That is nearly $26 million less than the state Board of Education would take in if current budget practices were continued, according to Sanders' analysis. Most of the loss would occur in aid for child nutritlr.n programs such as school lunches. In addition, the administration's original budget would eliminate $6 million in aid for so-called "magnet schools," which offer enhanced programs in various areas and draw students from more than one district or neighborhood. released.

Police said the man then provoked a fight with the male employee and struck him in the face with a pipe. It was not known whether the man brought the pipe into the office with him. The man tried to tie the employee up in the back part of the office, but he got away and called police as the man was leaving with the woman. The employee told police he saw the woman forced into a car, De-Vault said. Numerous Bloomington officers, one carrying a shotgun, quickly sealed off the area around the business and searched airport property.

Nearby East Lawn Memorial Gardens was also searched by police using searchlights. Officers were also sent to the man's house. MAY 9th, 10th 11th 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Plans made SPRINGFIELD (AP) Plans to prevent neglect and abuse of mentally ill patients were announced yesterday, less than a week after six workers at a state mental health center were suspended after the death of a patient. A spokesman for the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities said the agency isn't sure how widespread patient abuse Landlord must pay double deposit SPRINGFIELD The 4th District Appellate Court has decided that Normal landlord Jeff Tinervin's company should refund twice the amount of a security deposit paid by a former tenant who moved out of a Tinervin-managed building in December 1982.

In an order made public yesterday, the appellate panel remanded the case to McLean County Circuit Court, instructing the court to order Tinervin to pay $150 to Otha Hayward, now of Chicago. State law provides that a landlord of property with 10 or more housing units must return the security deposit within 45 days of a tenant leaving or pay twice the amount. Tinervin had argued at trial, and McLean County Associate Judge Joseph H. Kelley had agreed, that Hayward's address was not known after he moved out, so there was nowhere to send the deposit. However, the appellate order stated that Hayward had left a forwarding address at the post office in Normal and had written to and visited the rental office to ask for his refund.

i False attack report draws $100 fine A woman who told police she was threatened with rape after being kidnapped and beaten was sentenced yesterday in the associate division of McLean County Circuit Court for filing a false police report. Ramona Anne Hills, 19, R.R. 2, Kempton, was fined $100 and sentenced to a year's court supervision for disorderly conduct. The Investigation involving Miss Hills began after she told police Feb. 22 that she was kidnapped from the Dixie Trucker's Home in McLean by a man dressed in orange coveralls and wearing a ski mask who forced her to drive to the surrounding area.

Miss Hills told police she escaped briefly into a muddy field after hitting her attacker in the head with a soft drink bottle. When he grabbed her again, she said she kicked him, ran to her car and fled, according to her report. But in March, she told investigators that she hit herself in the face with an alarm clock and smeared her clothing with mud to make it appear she had fought off an attacker before she filed the phony report WASHINGTON (AP) Illinois Superintendent of Education Ted Sanders said yesterday that Reagan administration proposals to cut federal school aid could seriously undermine the state's efforts to improve academic performance. Sanders said the 1986 national budget proposed by President Reagan in February would reduce federal spending on Illinois elementary and high schools by about $94 million over two years. Reagan and Senate Republicans later reached a budget compromise aimed at reducing the military buildup envisioned in the first proposal and softening domestic spending cuts.

That plan has been unraveling in the Senate, however, and the budget picture has become increasingly clouded. Police searching for man, possible kidnap victim By MIKE GOSLING Pantagraph staff Bloomington police were searching early this morning for a Clark Aviation employee and a fellow employee he possibly abducted following an incident at the business. Police Chief Lewis DeVault said the man being sought had come Into the business, located at R.R. 1, about 10 p.m. and told the woman working and a male employee he was waiting for a phone call.

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