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Salutatorian Rebecca Schaller challenges her young audience flp ' ' with the words: "The world has so many opportunities open to IPPr Ini iili'P 1 Hiii ' us. all of us reaching for that one opportunity. We are not born Xw"' °* """ ™* *°mett""g " Principal'William Hayes awaits the arrival of Hie entire class the gr.<ta.tes.ad theUrge aodW, gathered Ssturdsy. May STAFF PHOTOS-WAYNE OAYLORD ̂a* Jobnsburg high school before giving the welcome to 31, in the school gymnasium for the commencement program. Pointing to some of the major problems of the day; Glenn Moehling. valedictorian, tells his classmates, "If we s4t some realistic priorities and follow through on some lvalues designed to help ourselves and everyone around us, we Will all 'make it' in the world, enjoying a high degree of success and fulfillment." Stuart Winning Jhtospaper Illinois Press Association Newspaper Contest SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1980 VOLUME 104 NUMBER 87 2 SECTIONS 26-PAGES 25 Is Found Guilty The trial of 44-year-old Defense Attorney Richard Memorial hospital in John L. Ellis, formerly of Kelly asked for a poll of the Waukegan and later tran- 2439 S. River road, •. jury. Twelve times Judge sferred to Oak Forest McHenry, ended at about Henry L. Cowlin asked, v hospital, where he died three 8:30p.m. Fridaynight with a "Was this then and is this months later, Nov. 11, 1979. jfguBty" verdict from the v&rymntmflsL!" * " Ellia.uook- the witness jury onthe charge'of mur- Twelve tinUHfeame the stand Friday morning and der. reply, "Yes, si^K. v said he had stopped to pick None of the jurors looked Ellis had be^ charged up a hitchhiker, Miller, one at the defendant as they with three counts of murder, day in early August. walked into the courtroom of one count of voluntary the 19th judicial Circuit manslaughter and one count Acarpenter by trade, Ellis court. ^ of involuntary manslaughter offered Miller, who ap- When the verdict was following the death of Joseph parently had no home, a announced, Ellis laid/ his W. Miller last November. place to stay and a head in his hands and said, The charges stemmed possibility of employment on "Oh God." A friend, who had from the Aug. 10, 1979, a construction job. attended every day of shooting of Miller following After about three days, testimony cried, "How could an argument at the River with no indication of the job you?" as she left the cour- , road residence. Miller was opening, Ellis first men- troom. first treated at Victory tioned that Miller should start looking for another place to live. According to his, testimony, Ellis said the twtf argued repeatedly during the day «uid night of Aug.,9 about Miller slraqng. • When the twoS«atyrnety to the apartment in the early, morning hours of Aug. 10, the argument continued. Ellis said that Miller's eyeballs were "rolling up into his head" and he became scared. __ Ellis said he went to the bathroom to get the .38 caliber snub-nosed revolver. The defendant testified that he let Miller see the revolver, pointed it at a room divider, fired a shot and told Miller to leave. "Miller pointed his finger and said, 'Guns don't scare me,' " Ellis stated. Ellis then said Miller went for the gun, they struggled, and that he (Ellis) did not even remember the second Tneii. Ellis went down­ stairs totadce the neighbors to call the police. "The man scared the living daylights out of me," Ellis said. "I was afraid he was going to put me away." State's Attorney Theodore Floro told the jury at the beginning of his closing (Continued on page 16) and Woodman, received oral proposed new plant, for residences and business on assurances of assistance which McHenry city has set the south, all of McHenry from officials in Springfield aside approximately 27 Shores area, Emerald Park if the application is re-filed acres, would receive sewage across the river and be with appropriate letter, of from the south service areas available to Eastwood Manor consent from McHenry. The including McHenry" (Continued on page 16) In the fast pace of each day, and diversions that take the mind in a hundred directions, not many of us are aware of the many life saving efforts that are part of life around us. But when we do make the observation it is a heart­ warming one. Exchanging experiences at work after the recent holiday weekend plaint a focus on just such oc­ currences Within the news A young reporter in our office, a trainee for the McHenry Rescue squad, was putting in his "clinical time" at the local hospital on the holiday. Into the hospital was brought a 5-year-old boy who bad been discovered by a lifeguard, floating in Fox Lake. Within only a few hours the youngster was visiting with his parents even though he had been classified by emergency JMMHSI ~ ~ -- * UU--ufw memocro u cunicauy dead" ~ bis heart bad •topped beating, there was A particularly amusing answer to "Why My Dad's The Greatest" brings a smile to the face of Publisher Larry Lund. The Pialndealer-eponsored Father's day contest, open to children It and under, has brought heavy response from youngsters in the McHenry area. The entry deadline is Jane I. A coupon appears eteswhere in this issue to be filled ant and, returned. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Publisher Reads Contest Entries