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High School Top VOLUME 101 NUMBER 76 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1977 1 SECTION 22 PAGES 20' Ten MARK SNYDER 79 77 STEPHANIE PITEL Son Of Local Couple Dies In Head-On Crash Graduates Of JAMES MURRAY RENEE FREUND CLARE HIGGINS THE 3-Day Country Art Fair Opens June 3 Sally Miller of McHenry will be featured in the One-Man show when the twenty-firs^ annual McHenry Country Art Fair opens June 3 at^arkland Junior high school, Ringwood road and Rt. 120. It will con­ tinue through Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5. Another highlight of this year's fair will be a special memorial exhibit, a tribute to Chuck Janke of Crystal Lake, who died last fall. A collection has been assembled of his best known and appreciated country scenes. Other events include a judged show, the McHenry County college exhibit and the gym­ nasium show. Works of art include ceramics, paintings,, photography, sculpture and fibre arts. Ronald De Bouver. art buyer and director for Marshall Field & Co., will judge the fine art works in the judged show. Cash awards will be given to the top piece in each of the six categories. Awards will be announced Friday, June 3, from 5 to 6 p.m. "These will be arranged in a special 'winner's circle' for public viewing," stated Karen Pepping, McHenry, chairman of the 1977 fair. As last year's artist's award was appreciated, this will again be presented Sunday evening. Each artist entering the fair votes for his choice of the top entry, and the largest vote getter receives the award. Demonstrations will add to the interest in the gymnasium show. The following will be presented during the fair: Elvi Mikk, watercolor or ink; Lena Wells, weaving; Sally Miller, scratchboard; Lori Wilhelm, portraits; Lynn Schirmer, macrame; and Blake Mueller, air brush watercolor techniques. Mrs. Hank (Sally) Miller, featured in the One-Man sho\$, creates a varied selection of fine art. "My work consists of several different media -- oil, ink or pencil drawings, watercolors and scratchboard," she stated. » She also works with photography and occasionally with clay. Her style em- compasses impressionism, realism in large oils of children, and delicate pencil drawings which include both traditional realism and slight surrealism. Her scratchboard drawings of animals are a (Continued on page 21) Memorial Day Solemn Tribute In one of the most solemn moments of the Memorial day observance in the park, McHenry's oldest member of the World War I barracks, Julius Gruenfeld, places wreath on memorial marker. Watching, at left, are, Richard Sherwood, representing the American Legion, and partially behind marker, in salute, Ray Kuemmel of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ideal weather conditions brought crowds to the park to pay tribute to the war dead and later to observe the parade. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD The son of an area couple was killed, and his wife seriously injured in a head-on collision Sunday night on Rt. 176 in Nunda township. Dead is 29-year-old Kenneth Sweeney of Lake Zurich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sweeney of Bull Valley. Sweeney's wife, Coral, was listed in serious condition in McHenry hospital. Sweeney visited his parents Approve at their residence this past weekend. Then, at approximately 11 p.m. Sunday, Sweeney was apparently returning to his home in Lake Zurich, with his wife when his vehicle collided with one driven by Jeffery S. Danek of Crystal Lake. Both drivers and Mrs. Sweeney were taken to McHenry hospital, where Sweeney was pronounced dead on arrival. Mrs. Sweeney remains in serious condition, while Danek was treated and released. Investigation into the ac­ cident is being continued by the Accident Investigation unit of the McHenry County Sheriff's police. A one-car accident early Monday morning claimed the (Continued on page 21) Diagnostic Clinic - r McHenry BONNIE BOURKE • MCHENRY PLAINDEALER "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875" * RICHARD LONG JOAN LINGEMAN CATHERINE PINTOZZI SEAN THOMAS Graduates Look Ahead greatly in these first stages of life*. The high ranking student also spoke with fondness of the local school which offered many opportunities in planning careers. In his role as president of the senior class, Mike Gibbons reflected on the progress of the 1977 seniors through the last four years. He did it by first reminding his classmates of the wisdom of the adage, "Ex­ perience is a hard teacher because she first gives us the test and then the lesson". Mike reminisced about the highlights of the last four years and the transition from East to West campus, "when our futures could no longer be put aside,.... the decision had to be made". He concluded, "We will have the memories of our high school days for the rest of our lives. Many of the adventures may be forgotten as time goes on, but I believe one item will never be forgotten -- our friendships". The ten top students scholastically were recognized during the program. Those honored, in order of their grade average, were the following: Bonnie Bourke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bourke of 108 Hazel court. Island Lake; Joan Lingeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lingeman, 5401 Amby lane; Richard D. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Long. 813 N. Lillian street; Sean W. Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E.G. Thomas, 1642 N. Riverside drive; Catherine R. Pintozzi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Pintozzi, 3717 W. High street; Mark A. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G.° Snyder, 2914 W. Lincoln road, James R. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Murray, Sr., 1411 Palomino drive; Renee A. Freund. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Freund, 1616 N. Court street; Clare Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Higgins, 4315 E. Lake Shore drive, Wonder Lake; and Stephanie J. Pitel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pitel, 4504 Ramble road. More than 450 seniors walked to the simulated stage to receive their diplomas, bringing to a close one of the most impressive graduation exercises ever held at MCHS. "Experience is a hard teacher because she first gives us the test and then the lesson". Justice may grind slowly, and sometimes it seems to be grinding not at all, but have patience. Those men and women we send to Springfield occasionally come up with something worthwhile. We are hoping for passage of a proposed bill that would protect those of us who are drivers from the damaging fall­ out from trucks hauling gravel and sand. It would require a tarpaulin or other sufficient covering to be placed over truckloads of sand, dirt, gravel, garbage, etc. Exemptions are provided for farm and certain highway maintenance vehicles. (Continued on page 21) View Government officials from twenty of „ the twenty-five municipalities in McHenry county met with members of the Northeastern Illinois Planning commission (NIPC) Wednesday night on the topic of housing and land use planning. The gathering was held at McHenry Country club. NIPC is being used by the Federal Housing and Urban Development agency (HUD) as the link between local govern­ ment and HUD. Cyril C. Wagner, com­ missioner of NIPC and president of Tower Lakes, near Barrmgton, urged par- County Land Use ticipation by all local govern­ ments. What NIPC wants are initial reports from the various communities on housing, which will assist in HUD's long-range federal planning. HUD asked NIPC to conduct local meetings in the six- county area which constitutes northeastern Illinois. Besides Wagner, also on hand was Paul Kramer of NIPC, who talked on intergovernmental agreements, and their im­ portance. While not mentioned Wed­ nesday night, the city officials from McHenry Shores, Mc- Cullom Lake and McHenry will need intergovernmental agreements if a regional waste­ water system is ever going to become a reality. However, the most avid discussion of the meeting in­ volved federal grants from HUD, and so-called "hidden" clauses in the agreements. Mike Hinebaugh, a Crystal Lake City Council member, and also a member of the NIPC Housing and Planning group, talked on problems with ac­ cepting HUD grants for housing. Hinebaugh was not scheduled to speak to the group, but was requested to give his feelings on HUD grants and the role of NIPC in governmental affairs. He related a situation which now confronts the city of Woodstock, which accepted HUD money to construct housing. According to Hinebaugh, there was a clause in the agreement whereby, when a municipality accepts HUD money, 20 percent of the units must be set aside for minority housing. The city of Woodstock ap­ parently did not know of this clause when they accepted the funds from HUD, and now are attempting to terminate the agreement. Woodstock has filed a lawsuit in an effort to void the (Continued on page 21) An interesting instructional meeting of the board of Con­ solidated Grade School District 15 Tuesday night resulted in the adoption of a new program to assist those students with learning disabilities. Ron Jania, psychologist in charge of pre school screening for the district, explained the testing program and presented aboard members with a similar test to better acquaint them with the problems of these children. Using mirrors and tapes, he told of the audio and video problems they ex­ perience. There are between eighty and 100 such students in the grade school system. Also making brief talks were four LD teachers, Florence Foran, Jan Knight, Susan Danko and Carol Bolger. They were introduced by Fred Kusch of the administrative office and A1 Boeldt, principal of Land­ mark school, where the meeting was held. Relating to the subject of learning disabilities education, Pam Zenner, representing Northern Illinois university, appeared to present an idea for a diagnostic learning clinic for the local schools. Through her proposal, (Continued on page 21) MCHS "Graduating from high school is like climbing to the top of a hill - at the bottom of a mountain. The mountain represents our lives ahead of us. The journey onward is the journey at which we'll all be taking different roads". This was the thought ex­ pressed by Bonnie Bourke in her valedictory speech before a huge crowd assembled on the McCracken field for McHenry high school's fifty-seventh commencement exercises last Thursday night. A poised, pretty Miss Bourke continued in her thoughts with a look back to the many things her class has had to be thankful for. Site pointed especially to parents, friends and teachers who have contributed so BONNIE BOURKE I MIKE GIBBONS