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J plus $1.73 F.E.T. and old tlra Sizes Low Priced Too ENTRY FEE: '4M > CALL OR STOP IN THE PRO SHOP FOR RESERVATIONS ASK FOR JOHN BOLTON BEFORE FRIDAY, JULY 29' , | CHAPEL HILL GOLF CLUB 2500 N. CHAPEL HILL RD. McHENRY, ILL. 385-0333 ̂ PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JULY 2§, 1877 I McHenry Pigtail ri t Lea pi Perseverance finally paid off for Buss Ford in the McHenry Pigtail league Junior division (ages 8-10), with the team recording its first two wins of the season after losing its first seven games. Buss Ford defeated the Toddler Shop 20-19, then came back in its next game to down Globe Sales 16-13. The two wins by Buss Ford emphasized the balance of the teams in the Junior division. Except for runaway league tampions Beauty Box, only two games separate the other four teams in the standings. In the Buss Ford win over the Toddler Shop, Aleen Tiffany made an outstanding defensive play for the final put to stop a late Toddler Shop rally. Chris Handley . and Gwen Bennett each hit home runs for the Toddler Shop in a losing cause. In the victory over Globe Sales, Aleen Tiffany again ended the contest with a Sparkling defensive play. Chris Carlson and Tracy Hudjera each hit homers for Buss Ford in the victory, while Laura Aird (2), Amy Adams, and Cari Kawell hit home runs for Globe Sales. Meanwhile, the Beauty Box, league champions, continued its march toward an un­ defeated season, toppling Riverside S.A.C. 20-5. Coached by Don Kinsala, the Beauty Box has a wealth of big hittars, including Cindy Kin­ sala and Missy Greve. Cindy has hit fourteen home runs so far this season, while Missy has contributed twelve homers. The Senior division titlecame down to a shootout between McHenry Recreation and • Otto's Girls, with the Recreation winning the contest 17-10. McHenry Rec. has now clinched the ^Senior division title, boasting a fine 9-1 record with just two games to play. Lori Colletti and Jaine Coty each made sparkling plays in the outfield for Otto's, but it wasn't enough to pull the game out. Otto's Girls did win one game during the week, defeating Arizona Sun 18-17 in extra in­ nings. The score was tied 17-all after regulation play. Leonard 'Mac' McCracken S'M r." i . If "I don't blame the kids. If there has been any change, I blame the parents. There is too much permissiveness on the parts of parents...but that's modern society." Thfe subject was the changing world of education, and the speaker was Leonard 'Mac' McCracken. After serving forty-three years in the McHenry high school system, 'Mac* has definite thoug&s on the education of today's jjouth versus the education of children when he first started teaching. "The most noticeable change is that you lose close contact with the kids. When I came to McHenry, (in 1928) we had only 150-175 students in the entire school, and only seven or eight teachers," he explained. "The lack of closeness with the kids from an educational viewpoint is unfortunate. The closer you are with the kids, the better you can teach them. My last few years teaching (boys physical education and as athletic director) I didn't know any of ' the iR* girls accept the :•cheerleaders." .,... fcnin While education^ changed, ; 'idi Mae hasn't.'Although he retired • from active teaching'in !971, he is still very much visible at almost all high school sporting events, and still maintains a job working for the local country club, where he did summer work since 1945. Talking about the present status of education without also recalling some past memorable moments, would be to distort history. Mac recalls fondly many of the wonderful moments in his years ofi 1 teaching. ') He talks fondly of the seven . teachers who served with him his first year at MCHS. Supt. --- C.H. Duker taught all the math, Helen, Stevens taught the English, Ed Willis, Lillian Anglese...the list of names reads like a "who's who" at the high school. "At first, I taught physical education, the social sciences, history, and all the other odds and ends," Mac said. "1 even taught girls P.E. for a couple of i • years." i Above all else though, Mac is v remembered for his efforts as a gym teacher, athletic director, *• •; and coach of numerous sports. He was the coach of the athletic team that came closest to winning a state cham­ pionship. The year was 1944, and the McHenry golf team placed second in the state, narrowly missing the title. tyac quickly recalled the members of that team: Art Jackson, Harold Michels, Dean McCracken, Norman Knaack, and Dick Schmitt. One other golf team coached by Mac placed in the state tournament, although the team's mentor claims no credit for any success the team had. The 1937 squad included such ' well known names as Vale Adams, Frank Johnson, LeRoy Smith, LeRoy Hettermann, and Harry Anderson. He has strong feelings on the emphasis put on winning on the high school level. "Go back as far as you want to go, and in almost any school, if the fans don't get a winner in football or basketball...It doesn't matter how good the coach may be as far as moral standards and 'setting a good example are concerned..." Mac recalled when the school \ track was one-eighth of a mue > - around on the land where the % first addition to East campus * now sets. He coached football s ona field behind East campus, and. be laughs when he recalls that the field behind East was "the first school with lights. They were homemade. The ii industrial arts department 1 made reflectors, and thpugh they didn't give off much light. Students were proud of Staff photos by Wayne Gaylord Story series by Jeff Bonato That, of course, was long before theShew athletic field was constructed on Kane avenue, which is, appropriately enough, called McCracken- field. Mac noted that the com­ munity today 4ias come a long way from wnere it was in thirty years ago. "When I came here, this was an agricultural community. I'd guess that 80 percent of the kids lived on farms. The kids didn't have cars...I bet there weren't ever more than ten or twelve cars in the parking lot." wil be more of a modern- traditional type." And that's the best way to describe Leonard 'Mac' Mc­ Cracken: tie's a modern traditionalist! In losing the seesaw contest, Arizona Sun did make two unassisted double plays, with Wendy Thurlwell and Jana Williams each performing the rare feat. Arizona Sun rebounded from its defeat against Otto's to down Jim's Auto Body 13-12. As is the case in the Junior division, the Senior division (ages 11-12) is extremely well balanced. Excluding McHenry Rec. and Fashion Shoppe, the remaining four teams are .each capable of defeating one another on any given day. In the Ponytail league, (ages 13-15) McHenry Trophy leads Adams Enterprises by one game and Dan's Food Mart by one and one-half games, as the season moves past the halfway point. Last week, McHenry Trophy outsluged Adams Radiator 32- 18 to maintain its grip on first place. Missy Dowe, the Trophy first baseman, made a diving catch of a line fly, turning it into a double play to abort a Radiator rally. Adams Enterprises kept pace with Trophy, beating McHenry State Bank 26-4. Hallie Sanford homered for the winners. McHenry State Bank also lost a heartbreaker to Dan's Food Mart, falling 21-20.-,. Just a reminder that Sunday, Aug. 7, is the date for the Pigtail and Ponytail league all- star games at Petersen park. Two teams of all-stars in each division, Junior, Senior, and Ponytail, will compete against each Other. The Pohytail league will participate in an all-star tournament with teams from other towns later this month. The Senior division all-star t&im participated in a similar tournament this past weekend. STANDINGS (Through games of July 13) Junior division W L Pet. Beauty Box 10 0 1000 Riverside S.A.C. 4 5 444 Globe Sales 4 6 400 Toddler Shop 4 6 400 Buss Ford 2 7 222 (Last week's scores) Buss 20, Toddler Shop Beauty Box 20, S.A.C. Buss Ford 46, GJtobe (Upcoming game*) Thur. July 21 at 6:15 w.o.-Globe vs. B'ty Box , Fri. July 22 at 6:15 w.o.-Toddler vs. S.A.C. Mon. July 25 at 6:15 (Upcoming games) Wed. July 20 at 6:15 w.o.-State Farm vs. Rec. Sat. July 23 at 10:00 w.o.-St. Farm vs. A'zona p.p.-Fashion vs. Jim's S4t. July 23 at 12:00 Otto's Twenty Two Golfers Chosen To Represent Farm Bureau In Tourney Ponytail league W L Pet. McHenry Trophy 6 1 857 Adams Enterprises 5 2 714 Dan's Food Mart 4 2 667 McHenry St. Bank 2 5 285 Adams Radiator 0 7 0 (Last week's scores > Food Mart 21, St. ijank 20 Trophy 32, Radiator 18 Enterprises 26, St. Bank 4 (Upcoming games) Wed. July 20 at 6:15 p.p.-Food. Mart vs. Trophy Thur. July 21 at 6:15 p.p.-St. Bank vs. En'p'ses Fri. July 22 at 6:15 p.p.-Rad'tor vs. Food Mart Tue. July 26 at 6:15 p.p.-Rad'tor vs. St. Bank %••••••••••••#•!••••» LAKE REGION YMCA NEWS 19 5 13 w.o.-S.A.C. Senior division McHenry Rec. Otto's Girls Arizona Sun State Farm Ins. Jim's Auto Body Fashion Shoppe (Last week'rscores) Arizona Sun 13, Jim's Otto's 18, , Arizona McH. Rec. 17, Otto's - TENNIS INSTRUCTION Summer tennis instruction is available for youth, high school students ahd adults at the Lake Region YMCA located at 7315 South Route 31, Crystal Lake. Students will be taught forehand, backhand, serving, scoring and rules of play. Classes for youth are from 3:15 to 4 p.m. There are eight lessons for boys and girls beginning July 18, Aug. 1 and Aug. 15. Daytime adult classes are lour lessons each week for two weeks Monday through Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m., 10 to 11 a.m., 11 to Noon and 1 to 2 p.m. New evening classes are two lessons each week for four weeks on Monday and Wed­ nesday. If there are any questions about membership or tennis * and other instructions please call 459-4455. ^ > BABIES LEARN TO SWIM The Lake Region YMCA at 7315 South Route 31, Crystal Lake, will have pre-school swim programs designed for boys and girls 6 months to six years.. Early ^experiences which challenge add help coordinate mind and body along with basic swimming skills make the six T w e n t y - t w o g o l f e r s representing the McHenry County Farm Bureau have been chosen to compete in the District I tournament Monday, July 18.. * The tourney will be played over the demanding 18-hole course at Plum Tree, north of Wobdstock, and golfers from 16 other counties will be present. Winners in the nine classes will qualify to advance to the state finals in this Illinois Sports Festival event on Aug. 1-2 at Bloom ington. Norm Specht is chairman for the McHenry county entry. Alden Kilian, IAA District I executive secretary, is chairman for the golf outing, and tee off assignments for the golfers is being completed today at Plum Tree. By classes, here are the McHenry County entries: Husband and wife: Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson. Wood­ stock, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hinner, Woodstock. Mixed Doubles: Francis and Laura Schmitt, McHenry; and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jackson, Woodstock. Associate member, male: Ray Semro and Rex Berlin, Woodstock; John Pazera, Crystal Lake, alternate. Regular member, male: Elroy Butenschoen, Marengo; Richard May, McHenry; and Ray Murphy, Woodstock, and Stanley Freund, Johnsburg, alternates. Senior male. 55-64: Roland month through twelve month girls and boys swim instruction program a big* hit with these children and their parents. Weekday classes meet Monday through Friday for ten lessons from 8:45-9:15, 9:15-9:45 and 1:30-2:00. One instructor will teach a maximum of 6 students. Classes begin on July 18, Aug. 1 and Aug. 15. , SWIM CLASSES New swim instruction classes conducted by the Lake Region YMCA began on Monday, July 18. All summer classes are conducted in the clear, heated pool of the Lake Region YMCA on US Route 31, just south of Route 14. More new classes will begin on Aug. 1 and Aug. 15. Winn, Spring Grove, and Ed Hutchison., Woodstockk. Senior ihale, 65 and over: John Eggum and Lee Kor- iemeier. Woodstock. Individual lady: Betty Butenschoen, Spring Grove; Sally Venerable. Huntley; and Carolvn Schmidt. Woodstock and Linnea alternates. Jones. Harvard. Young adult: Bowen Palenske. Woodstock; and Dave Hutchison. Woodstock. Male. 17 and under: Steve Wendlandt. Woodstock; and Ron Winn. ,Jr.. Spring Grove. Village of McHenry Shores Jude La Francis 385-5067 Participation Active In Adult Shores Program The community activities program has begun and, from the looks of the volleyball court last Tuesday evening, the adult turnout has certainly been a huge success. The evening of dinner and the theatre was very enjoyable. Those who attended remarked on the hilarity of the play and expressed the wish that this activity could be repeated again next year. Getting in­ volved with one's neighbors can really be fun. LITTLE ENERGY? If the heat has drained you for even the simplest tasks, why not stop in at the new library in the annex and choose a book to help pass the warm evenings. The library is open from 10 till noon Wednesdays and from 9 to 11 a.m. Satur- days. A . comfortable' chair, good lighting, and a good book add up to a cool way to relax in this heat. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Belated happy birthday wishes are sent to Jim Col berg and Martin Koleno who had birthdays July 12. And Paul Pogor who celebrated his eighteenth birthday July 13. Also Leslie Bixler was 4 years old July 13. Dawn Ewald had her twenty- first birthday July 17. And Matthew Fick was 2 years old July 19. Hope that your bir­ thdays were great fun and that a successful year is ahead for you all. ' July 22 is the day Linda Grass will celebrate her birthday. And Fred Heald and Linda Kurowski share a birthday July 25. Best wishes for many more happy birthdays. NEW RESIDENTS We would like to welcome Mr. and Mrs. J. Buchanan and their children, Janae. Jennifer. Jared. and baby-to-be to the Shores. We hope that this new family on Hilltop will enjoy the Shores and its friendly residents. ENGAGEMENT Congratulations and blest wishes are extended to Denise Zelvis and Jon Ringer on their forthcoming marriage. CAMPAIGN McHenry Shores raised $41.50 in the May drive benefiting the Illinois Association for Mental Health. Mrs. Linda Luerssen and the bellringer workers collected house-to-house during > the month. Marriage is most rewarding to those who don't consider it a contest. . ' • * Yes Sir Guest to bellhop: "Please run up to room 514 and see if I left my razor in the bathroom. I'm in a hurry to get to the airport." A few minutes later, the young man returned, slightly out of breath, and reported: "Yes sir, you're razor's m that bathroom." This, of course, is 1977, and Mac is glad to see that the schools are returning more to a traditional type of education. "In my last few years, there was the big shift to modular scheduling, and while the newer teachers were en­ thusiastic about it, a lot of us old teachers were against it. Of coirse, we're old fashioned. "1 felt that the modular system was putting too much responsibility on the kids. They are getting away from it now, and that sort of proves my, belief. Under this system, there was too, much free time that they wasted. The kids won't admit it, but I think most kids want a certain amount of guidance." Besides his teaching, Mac became experienced with children through the up­ bringing of his own. He and his wife of fifty-one years, Cleda, have three children, Dean, Don, and Patti. One final thought from Mac on schools: "I don't think we'll ever go back to the regimen­ tation it was when I started. It JULY 21st thru JULY 23rd ggk MACRAME'<& PRODUCTS & SUPPLIES KNICK KNACK SHOPPE 1328 N. 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