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PAGE d - PI.AINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1976 WNRY y* HtNRy MWMrm H'HCHRVJ w :HfNRY wmm %iv»W'.«c MCHS CROSS COUNTRY - These varsity members are ready to defend the conference title that McHenry captured last season. The varsity team of '75 also captured a fourth place finish in the District. Kneeling left-right are Asst. Coach Earl Kyle, Don Freund, Mike Rivas, Scott Wohnrade, Greg Schaeffer, Fred O'Halleran and Coach Bill Hutchinson. Standing are Vince Linnane, Kevin Weisenberger, Rich Parizanski, George Rank, Mark Mantsch, Jeff Mantsch, Jerry Haines, Donald Donovan, Mike Burmann and Mike Shoppman. The cross country team is out to improve on their fine record since 1968 ; 248 wins, 44 loses and 2 tics (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) POOLOPENS West Campus pool will be open for public swimming beginning Thursday, Sept. 9. The hours Thursday evening will be for Senior Citizens, 6 to 7 p.m. and for the general public, from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. The pool will be closed on all school holidays. EARL WALSH Our report of the Russ Gilliford garden has reached out to all parts. Now comes Harry Locke to show us a sweet onion grown in his garden. Man - that thing looks the size of a small pumpkin! Just thinking. The "Helping Paws" organization is well organized and off and wingin'. How about starting a new group called "Helping Pas"? the prices today, it -seems like the "Pas" with a f family must need help. v That big celebration at "l Johnsburg known as Sufen Und /Spiel will take place Sunday, ;• Sept 12 [• Mrs. Covalt, a gal with a s friendly voice, phoned to tell us the managers of the Johnsburg I Boys League will cross bats with the McHenry League managers in a game on Tiger < Field as a "highlight of the T; festival". Game time is 3 p.m. That name Sufen Und Spiel is something for an Irishman to twist his tongue around. * R J. Sutton would like to see < the Cubs play the Sox with - Sutter pitching for the North i and Kravec for the South. It wouldn't be any contest. Sutter is good for a few innings in relief. Kravec can go the full nine innings. No. We wouldn't want to be unfair to those Cubs. So I Hear SPORTS EDITOR The fellows who write big time sports are busy stirring up trouble for the Sox front office. If some of those players want to play elsewhere, Owner Bill Veeck will probably do all he can to accommodate them. SUDDEN THOUGHT -- I really miss Orphan Annie since she left the comic pages. Oh -- that Punjab and The Asp! McHenry High has an athletic program that must be the envy of many larger schools. This is the year when the pinch is on and the school boards are helpless to find a way to carry on the different programs. Again we stress that it isn't only the athletic departments that are suffering. With that deadly deadline facing us, this has to be written before events of the holiday weekend take place. Dick Rabbitt promises to pour in a batch of high school news for Friday. --And, Good 01' Gaylord will hopefully come through with sports pictures. Things should get back to normal or better. PICK UP - Many a so-called live wire would be a dead one if it weren't for his connections. 1 IT % ? ti i. fUTAS m%lc SEE US FOR ALL OF YOUR HUNTING, RELOADING & SHOOTING SUPPLIES! HOURS: MON.-FRI. 10 AM - 9 PM SAT. 9 AM - 5 PM "We're Your Trap Shooting Headquarters" FOX VALLEY SPORTS LTD. (ACROSS FROM SUNNYSIDE DODGE) PHONE (815) 385-6455 Thirty Seven Report For Soph Football Thirty-seven sophomore boys reported to Coaches El Par- tenheimer and Dan Boland last week for football practice. They had a week of double workouts, and now with the beginning of school are on a one a day practice Those reporting are Mike Alhert, Jim Althoff, Bruce Ambrose, Walter Barry, Mike Behan, Don Bentz, Rick Bianchi, Jim Conway, Tom Clearing Off The Sports Desk I* • • NOW OPEN • • • I FOX VALLEY SPORTS LTD. 1811 W RTE. 120 McHENRY, ILL. SENEY FIRE FIGHTING PRAISED A month-old wildfire sizzling in Michigan's central Upper Peninsula may blacken 76,000 acres before it is brought under containment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. The fire started August 1 when a lightning strike sparked flames in a remote wilderness bog area on the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. A roaming fire, it has already burned out 31,000 acres on the refuge and 10,000 acres of state land, ac­ cording to Jack Hemphill, FWS reginal director in Min­ neapolis. Hemphill praised federal, state county and National Guard crews who have been fighting the blaze. "The Fish and Wildlife Service sincerely commends all of the agencies participating in the fire fight at Seney. This is the most widespread fire ever recorded on a national wildlife refuge," he said. "Our initial efforts to reach the fire during the early stage failed because most of the area is peat andfoog country which is difficult toftegotiate on foot and largely inaccessible with heavy ground equipment." STYLES...Mary Humes and Shirley Evens may not agree on the best outfit to wear during the Bicentenni­ al year, but they're togeth­ er on the best place to enjoy summer sunshine and fun as they enjoy the surf at Day- tona Beach, Florida. PUNCH LINE O F T H E W E E K 0 HAPPINESS IS NOT HOW MUCH YOU HAVE BUT HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAV£. EJ MEMO TO: McHenry Area Merchants FROM: McHeniy Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee All Merchants interested in details regarding the 4,000 Scramble Promotion, please call Camille in Mornings at 385-4300 P.S. Need not be a Chamber Member to participate RETURNING LETTERMEN are ready for the start of the MCHS golf season. From the left are Coach Chuck Cuda, Tom Pepping, Mike McClure, Tim Byers, Jim Buenzli and Bob Lunkenheimer. The returning lettermen, all juniors, will open play on Tuesday, Sept. 7, against Grant. That match will be on Warrior home grounds, the McHenry Country club. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLQRD) Pioneer Center For The Exceptional Enjoy Whale Of Fishing Derby Cheatham, Roger Emery, John Filip, Tim Frantz, Ed Gerstad, Steve Grantham, John Hansen, Karl Klassner, Steve Lingeman, Randy Larke, Jim Metz, Mike Morz, Peter Prust, John Ramberg, Ken Schmitt, Bill Seber, Rich Stull, Rich Sund, Jeff Smith, Tony Sz- willog, Dave Theel, Mark Voght, Ed Walker, John Whiteman, Jerry Wilson, Nick Wipper, George Worts and Mark Ziszik. If Saturday's, Aug. 21, whale of a good time was any in­ dication, the Fishing Derby sponsored by Village of Progress Explorer Post 555 will become an annual event. Thirty handicapped persons from the Village of Progress post in Oregon, Post 663 from Pioneer Center for the Ex­ ceptional in McHenry and Self Help Enterprises Post 222 in Sterling cast their lines into the pond on the Robert Keafer Farm on Canada Road in rural Polo Saturday afternoon and pulled out a respectable catch of bluegills and bass. A cool breeze cut the upper 80s temperatures as post counselors and advisors helped their Explorers bait their hooks with wiggling worms and select just the right spot for each fishing pole around the triangle-shaped pond. Jimmy from Pioneer was the first to feel a tug on his line, and a shout of appreciation went up from his companions as he reeled in what turned out to be a small bass. "They come bigger than that yet," advised Counselor Bill Pierce. "Let's try again." A fresh worm curling on his hook, Jimmy returned to his previously successful location. Nancy Irwin,advisor to Post 663, shared the possible reason that a Pioneer Explorer made the firtt catch, "I have a pond on my farm," she-confilod, "so our post members came out last weekend for a practice sesson." An excited but apprehensive Ellen danced an impatient jig around Miss Irwin, who was baiting Ellen's hook. "Oo, how ugly," Ellen said of the curling gray worm. "It looks pretty attractive to the fish," the young advisor replied en­ couragingly. Now a dismayed Christy came to report that "All I'm catching is seaweed." "Don't fret. Miss Irwin reassured her. "Maybe there'll be a prize for seaweed " A disgusted Tenny com­ plained that her parents had recommended a reel-less bamboo pole, but without a reel, she was unable to judge the depth of the water. "I'll bet I could do lots better with a reel," she siad. "Next time I'm going to have the right kind of equipment!" Although the outing was the first time many ot the par­ ticipants had ever fished, they quickly adapted to the recommended talking softly so as not to discourage the fish from nibbling. They broke their low-toned conversation only to congratulate and applaud each new catch by one or another of their friends. Pioneer's lead lasted only briefly. Harry Fletcher and Jerry Virgil, advisor and associate advisor for the Village of Progress post, were kept as busy removing fish from the lines as they were baiting hooks. The same held true for Randy Bell and Kathy Burch, who accompanied the group from Sterling's Post 222. At 4:30 -- half an hour beyond the scheduled cut-off time - the anglers reluctantly pulled in their lines and boarded the busses back to the Village of Progress. But once there, the fun began anew as they greeted parents who had arranged a picnic supper of grilled hot dogs, barbeuce, baked beans and salads. The hungry Explorers fell upon the food and feasted until Harry Fletcher an­ nounced awards time. Although there was no prize for seaweed, there were medals for the biggest fish, won by Pioneer; for the smallest fish, which went to Village of Progess, and for the most fish caught, claimed by Sterling Self Help. As it turned out, there were no losers among the par­ ticipants, for each Explorer received a blue ribbon printed in gold with a description of the derby, together with a Smokey Bear patch and a book describing pond life provided by Gary Johnson, Ogle County Game Warden who was already a hero for having found the pond for the derby. Notice Sports Pictures Si net' previous notices istarting last fall i have not been noted, this will IK* run I'rom time to time Being unable to use the many group pictures sent in. a decision was made to discontinue all league groups except chain pionship teams Pictures taken by our stall photographers o! athletes on the high school level will he selected as to their importance Individual pictures of various sports will be appraised as to their newsworthy value and available space It was a llood ol group pictures last sear that made this decision by the management necessary. Heard This One' Benny: Hey, look at that bunch of cows! Dale: Not bunol\ herd. Benny: Heard what' Dale: Herd of cows. , Benny: Sure I've heard of cows. Dale:I mean a cowherd. Benny: What do I care if a cow heard' I TRY - While most spectators are viewing the accomplishments of the thorough three mile course, these gals station themselves at various THE GIRLS OF CROSS COUNTRY -1 runners as they hustle around i points along the traveled route to cheer their team to a win. They also assist the coaches with timing and data during the meets. As each runner from McHenry finishes his run, they receive an orange from the girls. Sitting left-right are Betsy Duel, Mary Goetschel and Sandee Peterson. Standing are Sue Prust, Mary Wynveen and Jan Owen. Missing is Michele Peterson. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) '6 75 RENTAL NO installation charge NEW fully automatic softeners TWO year option to buy with FULL rental fee deducted nor Afc.r u ii Per month ONE phone call can answer any questions PHONE 312-259-3393 AtUitgfoii Soft Wak Co. DIVISION OF RENTA-S0FT INC. 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