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P«#e 14 * i*LAII>l>K \l,KH IIKH \l.l>. Vt H>\KSI»/U . DKCKMBKK 26. 1984 Leading authority on drugs speaks to Marian students at assembly Treats to needy The Christmas activity selected for this year's adult living-parenting class at McHenry East High School was to do something worthwhile for the needy. After a fund-raising event was held, the students decided to purchase canned hams and bake cookies. They then packed and delivered the Platnciealer Herald photo by Robert Gordon goodies to the addresses of the needy people in McHenry. The FISH organization assisted in p.'oviduig the names. Pictured from left to right, packing the food for delivery, is Janet Neuman, Kim Peterson and Dulce Manning. School briefs LOCAL STUDENT INTERN . Cara K. Jepsen, 3712 W.' t Fairway Drive, McHenry has j been selected to particpate in •<Lake Forest College's In- 2< ternational Intership Program 51 in Madrid, Spain, Jan 7-May 6. j- Jepsen, a sophomore majoring in communications, *! will work as an intern with Spanish National Television. >Tne program also includes two courses, one in the Spanish ?! language and one in Spanish ;; culture. Jepsen will be required to work approximately 30 hours per week, and meet for classes ! six hours per week .She will be J living with a Spanish familv. ' IIT COURSES Residents of Chicago's nor­ thwest suburbs may choose . ^ from a variety of evening and 'Saturday extension courses offered by Illinois Institute of •.Technology at William Rainey Haper College's extension branch at Barrington High School. Classes begin on Thursday, Jan. 24, and the term ends on May 18. For complete class schedules and additional information, contact IIT's Office of Educational Services, 3300 S. Federal St., Chicago. SCHOLARSHIPS The best essay dealing with "Is there a place for a classical education in a high-tech society?" may net a hign school student a scholarship ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. The contest is offered by Shimer College, Waukegan. Deadline for the 60079. STUDIES ABROAD Lisa Rudin, of McHenry, is spending the 1984-85 school year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris under an international studies program administered by Central College, Pella, Iowa. Rudin is a student at Rockford College. GRADUATE Susan M. Woellert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woellert, of McHenry, is among 345 candidates for a bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. She is completing the bachelor of science degree in elementary education. LINCOLN AWARD Brent Birkhoff, of McHenry, and a student at Monmouth College, was one of the students chosen to receive the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate award at a ceremony held Nov. 10. He was presented with the Lincoln medallion and a $150 honorarium. DIRECTOR'S CABINET Vicki Vincent, eighth grade, has been elected to represent her dormitory on the director's cabinet at the Chicago Junior School, Elgin. Marian Central Catholic High School recently hosted Mr. David Story, nationally known speaker on drugs/at an all school assembly. As drugs, alcohol, violence and abuse of all sorts are becoming more prevalent in our society, Story is one of many people hoping to reach the ears of students before those societal problems become personal ones as well. Dr. Robert O'Mara, assistant principal and religious studies instructor, introduced Story to a most attentive high school audience. Health and science students, as well as students in religious studies, have been studying and working in classes on problems related to the topics Story outlined in his talk. Story sketches a very bleak picture of life under the in­ fluence of drugs. A favorite expression u used throughout his presentation is: "Abuse a substance, abuse your body...and you will pay the price." Story makes very sure he has the attention of his audience. "The trouble with society today a and especially teens is that they don't listen, "he said. "Listening provides for learning which lets younger people learn from older people. Why shouldn't you learn from our experience? "Why should you have to learn the hard way like I did? Nobody should do the things I did." It's Story's personal ex­ perience approach that meets the teen face to face to make the impact of the seriousness and the dangers encountered with drug abuse. Story concludes his presen­ tation with a plea to students to avoid the abusive situation. "Environment does a great deal in the formation of our character, our habits," Story says. "The old saying, 'show me your company' remains true as far as I can see. Hang around a thief and your chances of being one are pretty good." Story emphasizes his personal experiences with statistics from governmental committees on 1 !i 1 ,1 I i These days, with all the concern about the ry/v^ y environment, there's one subject that 7 hardly ever comes up: * ^ / The environmental effects of using natural gas. The reason is quite simple: There aren't any to speak of. Natural gas happens to be about L J the cleanest burning fuel nature pro- vides. When natural gas burns,: it produces heat, and two pri-: mary products: water vapor ; and carbon dioxide, the same • • • •: substance that people exhale, /. •"* and plants inhale. A few other by- ; products are also released, but in L L L L quantities far smaller than when coal or oil Today, in this area, natural gas is by far the most economical fuel. And by far the most consider­ ate, environmentally. That's why we like to say, it's obviously the clean favorite are burned. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS One of tho NICOB basic •norgy companies , 1 i 1 i " * i \ f.<!t/ ? . / '•/ i - i v - V - 3 1 i ""'W-.n.j.f... 4 «-* mm* t C Mill I I if" EhTVRONMBflALiy SPEAKJNG, ONE FUB. IS THE CLEAN FAVORITE drug abuse. He gives his horrible personal experiences with drug abuse and quotes news articles supporting the same concepts on the destructiv^ness of the drug abusive, tefen. "I've never been in better DavMSttn shape in my whole life than now after I've been clean from drugs for about eight years," Story said. Residents\ named to 'Who's Who' McHenry residents Allen S. Lillegard, Dolores Molina, Joseph G. Mroz and Patricia A. SchiUaci will be included in the 1985 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges. The four area students were four of 28 McHenry County College students selected as national outstanding campus leaders. 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