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PAGE 6 -PLAINDEA1.ER. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1979 BRING MOM AND DAD ALONG...Junior's got the right idea, having a grand ol' time at the Chicago Boat, Sports and RV Show. And he got in free because he brought mom and dad with him. Follow the kids to McCormick Place and climb into any boat you like. Children 12 and under are free with parents. Show runs January 3-7. Sports Officials Needed For Area LAKE REGION YMCA NEWS Last spring, the Fox Valley Officials association came into being to help supply^-hhe demand for sports officials-Hn the Crystal Lake, Cary, McHenry and Woodstock areas. In six months, the association membership has ^nearly tripled to over 55. The response was overwhelming and more sports officials are needed in sports such as football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball and soccer. "Ever since we started, more and more organizations have been contacting us for sports officials and just when we think we have enough, another organization calls creating a further demand for more of­ ficials." stated Chuck Hyatt, commissioner "There just aren't that many experienced officials in this area. Con­ sequently, we're training new officials." states Hyatt. If anyone, male or female, is interested Jn officiating, they sho\f$ c^ffl Hyatt at 459-3142. The axsWi at jopi jbop^sto to vae nearly 100 members by spring. Currently.Mhe association is officiating basketball in the tri- county area. This spring and summer, they'll be officiating Babe Ruth, American Legion, high school and college baseball as well as men's and women's fast and slow pitph softball...over 1,000 games with more possible providing of­ ficials are available. Any organizations desiring officials should contact the league scheduler at 459-3142. Free Index Map Makes Experts Of Wisconsin Lakes Ice Fishermen An index of over 2300 Wisconsin mapped lakes will help many ice fishermen enter the charmed circle of experts. A mapped lake is actually a hydrographic map. So what's a h y d r o g r a p h i c m a p ? "Hydrographic Maps" is simply a high-faluting term for maps showing the various depths of a lake along with other information that is so desirable to have for fishing, such as kind of lake bottom (sand. mud. gravel, etc..) Suppose you want to-fish for perch. You know his feeding habits and at what depths and over what kind of bottom he would be. With a Wisconsin hydrographic map you can see at a glance the general contour of the lake bottom and thecexact depth of any given place along with the kind and condition of the bottom. No more cutting through a foot of ice to find 6 inches of water underneath The index is available at no charge by sending a large, self addressed, stamped envelope to: Wisconsin Lake Maps. Box 5096. Madison Wis. 53705. The Lake Region YMCA announces 8 fitness programs and 39 classes for hichschool students and adults to statt-frhe week of Jan. 29. The programs are Activetics, Aquanatics; Co­ ed Exercise. Fitness Fantasia. Men's Exercise, Women's Exercise. Y's Way to a Healthy Back and Postnatal Exercise for Mother and Newborn. /'*'• The Lake Region YMCA requires its fithess staff to become certified through the YMCA national program. This certification includes car­ diopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rescuer course and the basic fitness leadership workshop. More advanced training courses obtained by some staff are the Fitness Fantasia. Physical Fitness Specialist. Feelin' Good and Activetics and Y's Way to a Healthy Back. The newest fitness program is the Postnatal Exercise program for Mother and Newborn: There is something for everyone at your YMCA. Other fitness programs are weight training and length swimming. For more information on getting in shape the Y's way, visit the Lake Region YMCA at 7315 South Route 31. Crystal Lake, or call 815-459-4455.* WAS YOUR PICTURE IN THE PAPER? Reprints of any photo which appeared in the McHenry Plaindealer and taken by our staff are available at modest prices. All are black and white. 4 X 5 -- $ 2 . 0 0 5X7 -- $2.75 8 X 10 -- $4.00 Order Yours Today! ALLOW 7 DAYS FOR PROCESSING. ' * \ McHENRY PLAINDEALER 3812 West Elm Street. Phone 385-0170 Karl May, German author who became famous in the 19th century for his cowboy and Indian stories about the American Wild West, never traveled outside of Germany. f & EARL WALSH So I Hear^ | SPORTS EDITOR --! The best answer I heard to a man-on-the-street question of "What do you like best about Christmas? -- "It brings out the best in everyone". Now if the best doesn't rub off too soon, a good year should be in the making. Another thing. The needy are lavished so generously at Christmas time. Let's not relax and forget them during the year. Drove around town Christ­ mas Eve and found all streets cleared of heavy traffic to make way for Santa Claus. „• Restaurants were closed. So were most taverns and gasoline stations. The Great White Way (Riverside Drive) was so clear you could shoot a cannon down the street without hurting anyone. The day after Christmas our new spring seed catalogue arrived. Must get right at it so we can decide how much of the back forty to plow up this year. The Johnsburg ohitimers club announces the third an­ nual "Hit and Run" baseball banquet which will be held Monday, Jan. 22. t Bill "Moose" Skowran will be the guest speaker with other baseball celebrities and pro players. Proceeds from tnis go to a scholarship for school athletes. banquet high This is always a good time party. An event to remember. Frank Hromec was in McHenry hospital and I planned to visit him on Christmas day. He passed away two nights before. I should have gone sooner. fcut thought the timing would be good. Frank loved politics and knew his way around. He also loved to tell a joke and had some dandies. He had the spirit of help­ fulness and compassion for old people. A fine trait. A person could get a little dizzy trying to keep up to all the high school basketball tour­ naments and football bowl games. The Chicago Bears must have their eyes on Mark Herrmann, Purdue quar­ terback. He's only in his sophomore year. Just think what he will be when he gets his full growth. For many years Bob Weber has been furnishing me with "A-Week-At-A-Glance" calendars. Have been making notes and woifdering where I could find a '79. The doorbell just rang and sure enough there was Bob with just what I need. So, now I can get my social secretary busy. When I hear people compare small towns with big cities, it always strikes me that there is nothing wrong with a small town except there are so few people they have to talk about the same ones too often. When the football bowl games are over and there is space on the sports pages, look for action m baseball trading. Some dandy trades have been cooked up by sports writers for the Chicago teams, but the owners evidently hadn't heard of them. During the holiday season there seemed to be two Sundays in a week. We wake up in the morning and ask what day it is. Now, the season is on for our dear friends to send in our name for various items. The latest offer is for a book on exercise, muscle building and weight lifting. Wrote back and told them my greatest exercise is lifting one foot after the other. WHO KNOWS' 1 W h e r e w a s t h e "Premier Rose" diamond Aounfc? 2. What is the medical term for "Legionaires" disease? 9 3. How old is England's- P.rince Charles? 4 V D e f i n e " f e s t i n a lente." 5. Who invented the mili­ tary tank? 6. What is Oklahoma's state flower? 7. When did Lyndon Johnson become Presi­ dent? 8. Where is Guyana? 9. Who was Secretary Of State under Kennedy? 10. Who became President after Lincoln? Aasvtrs To Who Kaovs 1. In Johannesburg, South Africa, weighing 137.2 carats. 2. Legionella pneumo­ phila. 3. Thirty. 4. Make haste slowly. Sir Ernest Swinton. Mistletoe: Nov. 22, 1964. A small country be­ tween Venezuela and Surinam in northern South America. 9. Dean Rusk 10.Andrew Johnson. -X They Don't Everyone, sooner, or later, cusses an editor,*'/ but no one ever volunteers to do his work for a day. -Advertiser, Montgomery. THE PILGRIMS BROUGHT TWO DOGS TO AMERICA ON THE MAYFLOWER. ONE WAS A MA5TIFF FOR GUARDING, THE OTHER A SPANIEL FOR HUNTING. SAFETY FIRST MAKE SURE BOWSER WEARS HIS IDENTIFICATION TAGS AT ALL TIMES. ANIMAL SHELTERS REPORT THAT LACK.Of IDENTIFICATION IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF PERMANENTLY LOST PETS. FEEDING VP DOGS THAT SPEND MUCH TIME OUTDOORS IN THE WINTER NEED EXTRA FUEL TO MAINTAIN PODY TEMPERATURE. INCREASE FIDO'S DIET BY AT LEAST ONE-FOURTH DURING SEVERE COLD SPELLS. Support ,Y pmJLowJ S P C A or Hu"\»r>e Society % Rl SUBSCRIBE To The McHenry Plaindealer And Save $8.80 pver Newstand Price ; i i I i i I I j ADDRESS I I FILL OUT AND MAIL OR BRING TO: McHfiNRY PLAINDEALER 3812 W. Elm St.. McH*nry, III. 60050, with ch*ck or mon*y ord«r for *12.00 for on* yoar subscription, within McH«nry County. NAME CITY .ZIP MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR UNUSED PORTION" Few resign paying jobs. from well 45 v 30 A hand powered light puts an end to having no light at all when you need one because batteries are dead. Uses a hand-powered generator, said to be shock and impact-proof, water- repellent. Guard jSf'hE LEADING SCORER /IN THE N.B.A. LAST SEASON WAS THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS' GERVIN WHO SCORED 63 PO/NTS ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON AGAINST THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ, TO 1SE-OUT DENVER'S VID THOMPSON, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THOMPSON HIT FOR 73 POINTS THAT VERY AFTERNOON/ GERVIN SCORED 2232 POINTS, FOR AN AVG. OF 27.2! POINTS A GAME/ HE LED THE LEAGUE IN RESOUNDS (420). GERVIN, A COOL, LANKY G'7". I8S-P0UND SHARPSHOOTER IS ' CALLED ""mS ICEMAN". HE'S IN HIS 6* YEAR WITH THE SPURS. GEORGE GREW UP IN DETROIT. HE WAS THE FIRST GUARD IN THE M B.A. TO BLOCK OVER IOO SHOTS. Sports Ink L.. Dan/7i/ if |p by Randy Swikle W h a t T o D o : I f A F i r e S t r i k e s Every 57 seconds, a home fire breaks out somewhere in this country. To increase your chances of escaping from a home fire, it is essen­ tial to map out an escape plan" well in advance. This plan should be reviewed by every­ one in the family, because w h e n f i r e b r e a k s o u t i t ' s o f t e n t o o l a t e . I f y o u h a v e p r a c t i c e d a home escape r o u t e , ' a n d are awakened at night by the sound of a smoke alarm, the early warn­ ing will help you . to leave your home safely and quickly. To help protect your fam­ ily, you should: Install smoke detectors on every level of the house, especially on the ceiling at the top of the stairs near the sleeping areas. A smoke de­ tector may alert you before a fire reaches the dangerous high heat stage. Everyone should know two exits from every room in the house. Second story windows may need a rope or chain ladder to help occupants es­ cape safely. Hold periodic fire drills with the family, including a planned meeting place out­ side the house for a head- count. Fires kill about 6,500 per­ sons in their homes each year, most often during the hours of sleep. Don't let your fam­ ily be among these grim sta­ tistics. To help prevent tragic fires, install a smoke detector, and check your home for fire hazards. WHAT'S NEW It's not often that one finds a variety basketball team composed mostly of underclassmen, but that is the situation with the Johnsburg High School girls squad coached by big Bruce Harbecke of^the Johnsburg Jr. High teaching staff. Harbecke was quite disappointed in the turnout for girls basketball this season. Only two seniors, Rocky Riecke and Terry Dalton, tried out for the team. With an additional four juniors. Dawn Bentz, Karen Grenman, Lora Jacobs and Brenda Bingman. it was barely enough to field a team. Harbecke had to look for help from the underclassmen in order to put together a team of 12. The amiable coach has probably the youngest varsity team the area will see in a long time. Four of his current* starters are freshmen and sophomores. The girls squad lost the first game of the season 46-33 against Grant High School of Fox Lake and was eliminated after two losses (39-20 against North Chicago and 44-38 against Antioch) from the recent North Chicago 16-team Holiday Tournament. "All the schools except Johnsburg were Class AA size," said Harbecke. "With teams like Waukegan East and West, Rich East. Zion Benton, and Antioch we were a bit outclassed," he admitted "Our girls didn't even get to shoot the ball in the first four minutes of the North Chicago game." Harbecke says he isn't sure the kind of competition his team will meet in Shark Conference action. He will find out when his squad meets Beloit Catholic in the school's first conference game on Tuesday, Jan. 9. On Jan. 4 the girls team will meet Round Lake in another non-conference game. Two of Harbecke's top players, forward Rocky Riecke and sophomore guard Pattie Freeland, have been sidelined during much of early season action because of injuries. Riecke has an injured ankle, and Freeland recently had her tonsils taken out. Riecke, who was a volleyball standout, should help the team ..considerably with her quickness and agility. "PattieFreeland is overall one of the best players on the team." says Harbecke. "She is a good shooter, tremendous hustler, and "fffitfitefiensive player. She handles the/Wll very well." Junior Lora Jacobs has been the only upperclassman on the starting team for the girl Skyhawks. The 5'10" center leads the team in scoring with 34 points. * "Lora started for McHenry last year," says Harbecke. "She rebounds real well and has good shooting form." Close behind Lora in scoring is sophomore guard Inge Dschida, who has found the net for 32 points. "Inge startet^for the McHenry junior varsity last year and is probably our hardest worker," says Harbecke. "She is a very determined basketball player and is our best outside shooter." Sally Oeffling, the other sophomore on the starting five, is point guard.' She controls the offense, according to Harbecke, and is the best defensive player on the team. Sue Dehn and Ellen O'Malley are the two freshmen who have seen starting positions on the girls team. "Sue is trying to get the flow of what juniors and seniors do,", says Harbecke. 'She is an exceptionally good rebounder for playing the guard position. She usually has to guard kids two to three inches taller than she is. As an upperclassman, she should be one of the best players in the conference." "O'Malley has a great deal of potential," Harbecke continues. "She rebounds very well and should be of great help to the team;" Other players who are improving include senior guard Terry Dalton, juniors Dawn Bentz, Karen Grenman, and Brenda Bingman, and freshman forward Cheri Kofler.' In addition to the lack of players with varsity experience on his team, Harbecke says he was handicapped by the lack of practice time just prior to the opening of basketball season. The girls volleyball season lasted until mid-December, and consequently Harbecke couldn't practice in full strength until late. It is a building year for the girls squad, and the dividends may not be realized until next season. by E. L. "Buck Rogers What's a "fishing pro?" A lot of guys are running around the country these days calling themselves fishing pros, and a few of the gals are following suit. They've got me a little confused. Bear McTavish, who operates on the Churchill .River up in Saskatch­ ewan, probably knows more about northern pike and walleye fishing than any man I've ever met. He rightfully considers himself one of the most competent fishing guides in the northwoods, but I've never heard him refer to himself as a "pro" yet. Laddie Buchanan is the dean of Argentine fishing guides and has taken more big brown, rainbow, and brook trout than anyone who has cast a fly over these waters. Laddie is a living legend in that part of the world, and he deserves the reputation that he has achieved as an angler. =But, a "fishing pro?" No way. Homer Circle is perhaps the leading authority on bass fishing in this country, but this is not his only claim to fame. As a member of the Braniff Outdoor Council. Uncle Homer has fished the entire South American continent and knows almost as much about piranha, pay- ara. peacftck bass, and giant catfish as he docs about the largemouth. £ • This year he also caught salmon in Alaska. Arctic char in Canada, and roosterfish in Panama. He's been around. He knows his stuff. He's a fishing pro if there ever was one. but I've never seen him wear a patch proclaiming this fact. On the other hand I know a used c£r salesman who bought a Zebco reel a few years ago, more recently added a purple bass boat and troll­ ing motor to his collection, and this spring plunked down $50 to fish in a local bass tournament. In this pis- catorical carnival he caught a two- pound bass on a "motor oil" worm and walked off with first prize in a field of 25 so-called experts. Now..he's a "pro." His jacket is adorned with patches advertising everything from plastic worms to dog food. He wears a two-gallon Stetson to church to maintain his image. He buys his underwear from Bass Pro Shops, and 1 hear he is thinking about bringing out his own TV fishing show to complete with Harold Ensley. No wonder I'm confused. The next time you see a fisher­ man with the word "Pro" sewn on his shirt, why don't you ask him what it means. And. if you get a sensible answer please drop me a line." I'd like to know. too. 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