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PAGE < - PLA1NDEALER - FRIDAY, APR1L 4, ItW_ SPORTS EARL WALSH1 So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR Next Monday night comes the county basketball banquet, sponsored by the newspapers in the county. Players, cheerleaders, coaches and parents will gather at West Campus for the event. At this point, I do not have the program, but Dick Rabbitt will be giving it to me. On thing for sure is that a top-hotcher has been secured as the speaker of the evening. Hank Raymonds, Head Basketball Coach and Director of Athletics at Marquette University is the man of the hour. Coach Raymonds has an enviable record in coaching and was a standout baseball, basketball and football player in his earlier days. "Life is too short to make things complicated, especially college basket­ ball", stated Raymonds. "I expect my players to play hard at all times, but I want them to enjoy basketball."' At this point, our grand­ daughter, Aleen, is playing the Easter Bonnet song on the piano. That brings back memories. Our daughter, Trisha, was born at Easter Time and her proud father let loose with that song. Easter rates with many as the most glorious day of the year. Perhaps the true significance of the holy day brings out the holiday spirit. Traditionally children hunt for the colored Easter eggs. When hats were worn as a crowning glory of the wardrobe, ladies set out for church wearing new bonnets with fruit, feathers and plumes atop, beauties and doozies. Some some were were Each year we are at the mercy of the weatherman as we look forward to a sunny Easter. That same weatherman has me puzzled about taking off the snow tires. April has been tricky. Thinking back a short spell -- ate some soda bread, baked by Mrs. Tom Bir­ mingham, at the Geraty birthday party. Man, that's eatin! There is a pedestrian lane across Green Street near Vycital's and Smitty's barber shop that might as well not be there. Am told the street is too narrow for a sign in the middle of the road. Your only chance to cross is when some good guy comes along and gives you a break. Now comes news that the threatened baseball strike has been postponed. The training season has come to an end. Players have had ample time to get in shape. Can they stay sharp between now and opening day? Word is that the season will open and games will be played until May 22. Maybe the players will strike on that date. Baseball is in one big mixup. Maybe a committee of fans should sit in on negotiations. - Have a Happy Easter. And may you be covered with sunshine all day. BASEBALL * * * By Pete Fritchie TAMPA, FLA. -- Base­ ball's hope is that club owners will at last get to­ gether and bring order to today's player madness. What's wrong with the game today is not the traditional owners' greed compliant, but the greed of today's "me' generation" players. It's true that in the past some clubs took advantage of great talents. But now the shoe is on the other foot. The players, are organized into a tough union and they've got things their way. So many examples of me-generation player madness are evident it's only necessary to men­ tion the latest-Dave Win- field and his agent telling the San Diego Padres he wants a ten-year thirteen million dollar contract, plus this and that and the right to veto any sale of the club by its owner! That's how far things have gone. The best thing for the game would be for club owners to hold the line this year, and beat a strike. If the players want to strike, fine. Then club owners should sign ballplayers off college campuses or anywhere else and play the game. And they should play it under pay rules something like the Na­ tional Football League oper­ ates under today. Today's spoiled-brat, me generation player is turning off the fans. Don't be misled by the fact that television has nevertheless inevitably increased attendance and in­ come. The modern player who wants everything for nothing, these selfish prima donnas, are turning off the fans. Such traditional virtues and attractions as team loy­ alty, team spirit, giving one's all are now being replaced by an attitude of how much can I get, where can 1 do better and what's in it for me-no loyalty involved. It's only a matter of time until some clubs fold unless owners can regain control of their affairs. Modern-day Major Leaguers are more often overpaid than under­ paid. Many can barely read or write. TTiey are the coun­ try's luckiest, most- pampered nine-month part- timers. The McHenry High girls' track team will open their season Monday when they travel to Cary Grove for a meet at 4:30 p.m. Since March 3rd a large number of girls have been working out under the watchful eye of Coach Don Seaton and his assistant Pam Shaffer. From a high of 70 girls the numbers have dwindled to 57. The members of the team are as follows: Seniors: Terri DeAngelo, co-capt.; Sue Hutchinson; Carrie Mortell, co-capt.; and Sharon Schau. Juniors: Wendy Aissen; Diane Biggs; Melissa Cichon; Colleen Foley; Nanette Jensen; Kathryn Smith (transferred from Geneva, 111.); Jane Sorling; Sue Voska; Robyn Voss; and Barb Zuber. Sophomores: Heidi Aissen ; Julie Bourey; Chris Bradley; Karen Creger; Stacy Fox; Carol Koffend; Chris Kowalec; Cheryl Martin; Kerry Miller; Debbie Mortell; Dawn Parisi; Sue Pender; Lisa Poco; Heather Smith; Merikay Strand; Rhonda Sweet wood; Sue Szramek (transferred from Round Lake); Mary Lynn Thorn­ ton; and Maureen Whalen. Freshmen: Angela An­ derson ; Beth Baczkowski; Mary Bazan; Terri Blume; Kelli Brough; Heidi Dass; Patti Donohoe; Sandi Foster; Debbie Freund; Julie Hetterman; Kris Howard; Debra Jensen; Gina Jernberg; Natalie Krak; Beth Kunzer; Hallie Miller; Mary Oleszczuk; Lynn Podpora; Dowe Read; Holly Smith; Dawn Sturm; Shannon Tiffany; Belinda Wolf; and Dawn Worcester. Mangers: Virginia Kearns, Mary Chesler and Tracy Wirtz. NEW STOCK I RUNNING SUITS TENNIS APTAREL SWIMSUITS By Spwdo I Arena MENS & WOMENS SIZES FLATS and TRACK SPIKES AVAILABLE NOW I PUMA LEATHER BASEBALL SPIKES BLACK & WHITE HERE NOW I WE'RE JAMMED WITH BRAND NEW, COLORFUL FASHIONABLE SPORTS APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN. AND MORE IS COMING I STOP IN AND SEE ! 706 W. Elm St. McHenry Next to Eby Brown Across from A 4 P Pot holes-Sign Of Spring MCHS Girl Thinclads To Open Season Monday By Dick Rabbit* >j.;v The McHenry High coaches of spring sports art once §: again at the mercy off the weather. It is nothing new for :§ the coaches and players, but after working;out in the gym & for several weeks, it would be nice to get some £ competition. " ' :£ & Don Sea ton's girls track team open their season on $ Monday at Cary Grove. The veteran coach has the g numbers this season, and I think that he has some talent *• 5 hidden in those large numbers. Gary Gray's tennis team, minus three regulars, $ ji;i finished third in their own meet last Saturday. They have ;£ two meets this week, hosting Antioch on Wednesday, and $ 6 going to Elgin Larkin on Thursday. On Monday they $ & travel to Grant and Tuesday host Zion Benton. & The girls' softball team will play Streamwood here on j£ $ Monday. Next week we hope to have some more :j:j: •:£ information on the team. Dan Boland's thinclads hoped'to jij: :£ entertain Wauconda and Zion yesterday, and will host jij: jij! Antioch and Johnsburg on Monday. Ken Swanson is hoping to have a couple of baseball j:j: Si games under his belt this week. Bad field conditions jiji 3 cancelled out last Saturday's doublehieader. He has four jiji g games next week, hosting Wauconda on Tuesday. $ jij Tomorrow he hopes to get in a doubleheader against iiji ijij; Elgin High, and Larkin. About 100 coaches were in attendance at the Fox Valley jiji :j§ Football Clinic last Saturday at West Campus. :jij: Coach Joe Schlender and A.D. Bill Blankenhorn did a •jij: splendid job of putting mi the clinic. Had the opportunity iiji :j:j to attend and was impressed by the caliber of coaches, iji;: :j:j; Ron Ellett of Hampshire Class 1A champions opened the •jij: program with a talk on his offense. He must be doing iji;! £ something right, as his teams average 34 pts. per game jij: Ijij: ova* the last 10 seasons. Probably the most popular speaker was our friend Rod jiji ijij: Poppe from Marengo. The pencils were flicking and ;ij: jij: papers turning as coaches took notes from Rod's talk. jij With 7 undefeated seasons, a 45 game winning streak and & •iji 10 conference championships, even coaches will sit up and i>i •iji take notice. Carlin Nalley of Lisle High School talked on his offense &i ijij: the Wishbone. His teams in 3-A have qualified for the state iji: S playoffs every year, and has won 8 straight conference 8: championships. ijij: Jim Rexillus of Wheaton North High School with a ijij jiji: coaching record of 143-45-1 spoke on "Building and iji: iijij Maintaining a Football Program". After listening to Jim, ijij jijij one can understand the success of his program. Mike O'Neil of St. Laurence of the Chicago Catholic ijij ijij League was the last speaker of the day. Every coach ijij ijij present wished he could have the size of some of the St. ijij ijij Laurence linemen. I though Joe Schlender made a ijij mistake and brought in a Ohio State coach. It was a fine day for all the coaches present and Phil ijij ijij Thorne and Joe Podpora of the McHenry Hornets picked ijij ijij up a few ideas I know. Well let's hope for good weather so we can report on :£ ijij some high school sports. SAN ANTONIO'S't SLIM STAR GEORGE GERVIN ADDED A NUMBER. OF HONORS TO HIS CAREER LAST SEASON. HE WAS N.B.A. SCORING CHAMP/ON. HE WAS NAMED ALL' N. 6. A. GUARD. HE WAS SECOND IN \ "MOST VALUABLE" VOTING. HE GOT THE MOST VOTES FOR LAST YEAR'S ALL- STAR GAME. CRIVC/SM HAS BEEN LEVELED AT GERVlN, HOWEVER, FDR TAKING | TOO MANY SHOTS. s % It's pothole season again. Next time you bounce over one of those roadway sur­ prises, keep in mind it may have caused as much damage to your car as it did to your nerves. Potholes are a major cause of flat tires, bent wheel rims and damaged shock absorbers, They also play havoc with your car's alignment - damaging ball joints, tie rods and other suspension parts - and can send hubcaps whirling into the ditch. Pothole problems peak when winter's snow and ice melt on or near the roadway, according to Professor Michael Darter, University of Illinois Department of Civil Engineering. Moisture penetrates the pavement through roadway cracks or ed^es, saturating and sof­ tening the asphalt and other gramular road-building materials. Small pieces of the softened materials begin rocking under the constant weight of highway traffic and soon crumble and break away, leaving a small, but ever-growing hole. Heavy vehicles and freeze-and- thaw cycled also play havoc with the pavement. "Years of research on how to improve paving mixtures and roadway design in order to minimize potholes have revealed ways and materials to combat the problem," Darter said. "However, most cities and counties simply do not have the necessary money to pay for basic preventative main­ tenance programs." Although potholes may be inevitable, you can minimize or avoid damage to your car by taking some extra precautions. Allow plenty of room between your car and the one you're following so you have time to spot potholes and reduce speed or swerve to miss them. This will also prevent a rear-end collision if the driver in front of you brakes suddenly for a pothole. Slowing when driving through puddles might lessen the jolt from a hidden pothole. If you should hit a pothole at high speed, check for tire damage and lost hubcaps. Have your alignment checked if you notice any problem with the steering. And cheer up - despite the aggravation, potholes are a sure sign of spring. Problems Nag Veterans Max Cleland has told a U.S. Senate committee that although most Vietnam veterans "are adjusting well" many do have lingering, nagging problems, Cleland, who lost both legs and an arm in a hand grenade explosion in Viet­ nam and now heads the Veterans administration, told the Senate Veterans Affairs committee that most of his compatriots are well reintegrated into American life and society, have a record of earnings and employment, which com­ pares favorably with non- veterans, and have par­ ticipated more heavily in education and training under the GI Bill than did veterans of earlier wars. But, Cleland said, "we also note that some veterans continue to have problems. "Our task now, more than ever, is to identify those veterans who continue to have problems associated with military service and to provide them with ap­ propriate assistance." In what amounted to a "state of the veteran" ac­ count to the committee, Cleland paid tribute to the leadership of its chairman, Sen. Alan Cranston in ad­ vancing legislation that resulted in VA's new and unique readjustment counseling, program for Vietnam era veterans. The program embodies a low-key personal approach to veterans with persistent readjustment problems and cuts through red tape and many other formal procedures in an effort to provide individual coun­ seling and assistance to those Vietnam era veterans still experiencing dif­ ficulties. The program, which was championed by Cleland for a decade before its creation last year, involves a nationwide system of small "storefront" counseling centers designed to appeal to those veterans the VA chief has characterized as "almost totally turned off by government." Need Host Families 256 French Students Will Visit Illinois Homes are needed for 256 French students who will arrive in Chicago July 11 for a four-week visit in Illinois communities. The students and their chaperones come from all parts of France with the common desire of learning more about the American way of life. The student exchange program Is sponsored by the Nouveile Association Culturelle, Educative et Linguistique, a non-profit organization of Tours, France, and has the official approval of the French government. The program is widely supported by French teachers in the United States and teachers of English in France. Allen and Clare Hibbard, educators in the White Bear Lake. Minn., school system, a St. Paul suburban com­ munity, are coordinating the efforts to find the needed homes. The primary purpose of the program is to provide the French student a "live-in" experience with an American family. It should provide opportunity for the student to develop greater skill in the speaking of English, to experience the American way of life, and to establish lasting American friendships. The student will bring his or her own spen­ ding money and insurance is provided by the program. Participation in the program involves sharing a home with a young French student aged 13 to 18 for a period of four weeks between July 11 and Aug. 10. The experience provides the American family an ex­ traordinary opportunity to broaden its horizons and expand its knowledge through contact with the French student who serves as a living window through which to view France and to become better acquainted with the French way of life. The only real obligation of the host family is a willingness to share its normal family life and to treat the French student as a welcome member. Frequently American teenagers are invited by the family of their French visitor for a French homestay the following summer. Many Illinois families are already participating in the program. Interested persons should write to Allen and Clare Hibbard, 4043 Birch Knoll drive, St. Paul, Minn., 55110. Conservation Movement Triples TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER . . Jackie Abra- mowski makes friends with Sandy, a dolphin at Sea World in Aurora, Ohio. The denizen of the deep is one of the stars of Sea World. When the National Wildlife federation published its first Conservation Directory it contained the names of 3,744 individuals who were then active in 630 organizations. That was the leadership of the conservation movement in 1956. This month the NWF is publishing the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of its annual guide to whd's who among "organizations and officials concerned with the protection of wildlife and other natural resources." It is a 300-page book (compared to 96 pages in 1956) and it lists more than 11,000 officials of ap­ proximately 1,700 con­ servation groups. 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(96 members) to the Trumpeter Swan society, of Maple Plain, Minn., (200) to the Campfire Girls of America (500,000) and the National 'Wildlife federation itself, H it HI with its 4.1 million members and supporters in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. A few are still headed by officers who led them in 1956. With most, there has been a complete changing of the guard. Other sections of the Conservation directory include: ... A guide to major colleges and universities of fe r ing profess iona l training for careers in the fields of conservation and the environment. ... An index of wildlife, environmental, and other conservation publications. ... A list of U.S. National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Forests, and Seashores. We Are Now Taking Accounts For This Seasoa! •Lawnmowing •Fertilizing •Power Raking •Bush Trimming •Leaf Cleanup •Light Landscaping RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL Dean Smith LAWN CARE l LANDSCAPING 3713 MAPLE AVE. 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The bound paperback 1980 Conservation Directory is available from the National Wildlife Federation, 1412 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, with a discount of 20 percent given on orders of 50 or more to be mailed to a single address. Write to that address for information. ONE MI1IUTE SPORTS QUIZ 1. Who won the Glen Camp­ bell-Los Angeles Open golf tournament? 2. How many gold medals did Eric Heiden win? 3. Who won the LPGA Bent Tree Classic? 4. Who won the gold medal in hockey? 5. Who is the new manager of the Oakland A's? Aisvtn U Sports Qiii 1. Tom Watson. 2. Five in speed skating. 3. Jo Anne Carner. 4. The United States. 5. Billy Martin. B ri THE FMGAS PI Don't drive a car with one foot resting on the brake pedal. This is especially im­ portant on cars with power brakes, where the slightest pressure will partially en­ gage the brakes. Don't force the car to fight itself -- keep your foot off the brake and save gas. Now is the time to begin YOUR SPRING CLEAN UP 1. Have chimney cleaned to remove blockages or creosote which collects and causes CHIMNEY FIRES. 2. Have chimney and/or damper repaired for safe usage of fireplace or woodstove. 3. Have caps installed or chimney tops to prevent water or snow from going down the chimney or animals from entering your house. 4 Installation of wood stoves to reduce your winter heating GENE'S CHIMNEY SWEEP SERVICE 115-943492)