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McMillan Has Harrison On Its Toes PAGE 7 • PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JULY 31, IIS1 By Bob Bajek Sentinel staff writer For Harrison School gymnastic students in Jayne McMillan's summer tum­ bling class, enthusiasm is a must and creativity comes a close second "Our class is not that gymnastically competitive but it is a little more creative than your standard gym­ nastics class," said Mc­ Millan, a physical education and gymnastics coach at Harrison school. McMillan's two summer tumbling classes of 15 students in a class gave their final show this morning, culminating three weeks of work, which included tumbling, spring board, climbing the long rope, juggling, balance beam, mini-trampoline and scooter relay race events. "The class was set up for individuals, with student registration fees of $13 each being collected by McHenry County College," said Mc­ Millan, a native of Wonder Lake. The course is being co- sponsored by MCC and the Wonder Lake Division of Parks as an early morning three-day-a-week, three- week i«w course. Although McMillan has some of her Harrison school gymnastic team members in her class, in addition to some young beginners, she designed the class to meet all her students individual needs despite their gym­ nastic level of ability, "In this class there have been some children who have never done a cartwheel in their life and yet there are team members who are very proficient on the mini- trampoline, the balance beam and the spring board," she says. "I try to get the to build their upper by climbing skill students arm st ropes which is a hard for any gymnast. "The scooter relay race helps teach children how to balance on different parts of their body with one person sitting on a scooter while the other pushes his teammate with his or her eyes closed. Another relay race that - • r teaches balance is the one whore I have the children run with a bean bag on their head or where they pass a bean bag with their feet," she added. "Events like these are good because they make the best and the worst gymnasts equal in terms of competitive ability." With all this enthusiasm for teaching it's hard to believe that McMillan, a former member of Illinois State University's Gamma Phi Acrobatic un­ dergraduate team was almost forced to give up trying to be a physical education teacher due to her physical limitations. McMillan explained that as a child, she had been born with a foot abnormality. The foot had to be rebroken and reset so fhat she could use the foot, but doctors and parents warned her against overuse of the foot. D e s p i t e w a r n i n g s , however, McMillan's en­ thusiasm overlooked war­ nings due to what she ex­ plained as the thrill of competition. "That calls you to do everything to the ut­ most" stretching you to your limits, getting the adrenalin - flowing and the excitement of accomplishment * that follows. ' guess it was just stubborn streak in me," she said. This feeling took her into cheerleading, swimming tennis and gymnastics until she began to realize in her Sophmore year at ISU that Gamma Phi type activities might seriously threaten her future health with numerous broken bones and hamper her effectiveness as a physical education teacher. An honors physical education program was then offered at ISU and she learned, "that sometimes your best athletes are your worst teachers, because having patience with students trying to learn is hard." McMillan's PE . and Spanish majors at ISU led her to consider teaching overseas, but not until she had taught at the Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's Children Home in NormSmal for orphaned children, which had an extensive recreation program. "I was pretty naive bade then, when it came to discipline, but I learned real fast," McMillan said. "I took the children horseback riding once and we had to call the police because one of the orphans rode off with a horse. "I learned how to cut hair and also how set up a physical education program while I was there, but af­ terwards I came back to Wonder Lake since my dad was seriously ill," McMillan said. "I filled in at Harrison School for the final three weeks of that current year, and then, they asked me if I s' • wanted to come bade. I said yes." "Now it's really fun because I have all the kids in the school to work with," she added. McMillan has taught at Harrison for the past four years and was asked to set up a tumbling class this summer by Larry Reinhard, Wonder Lake's director of the Department of General Affairs, after he had seen one of Harrison School's three tumbling meets held at Johnsburg School. Next year, • McMillan hopes to be able to .teach a biking class, but if she does teach a class, the en­ thusiasm of involvement and the thrill of creative com­ petition will remain a trademark of her work. EARL WALSH' So I Hear Recently we printed an outstanding essay written by Eileen Rabelhofer, a senior at Richmond-Burton High School. This was only a part of the attributes that com­ bined to make the young lady a scholarship winner. In answering our request for a copy of the essay, Eileen also sent the following from the Passionist Missionaries. We wrote to clear copyright rights and can now give it to you. TOMORROW He was going to be all that a mortal could be -- Tomorrow. No one could be kinder and braver than he would be -- Tomorrow. A friend who was troubled and weary; would be glad for a lift. : On him he would call and see what he could do -- Tomorrow. . . Each morning he stacked up the letter he'd write -- Tomorrow. It was too bad he was busy to-day. And hadn't a minute to stop on his way. More time I will have to give others, he'd say -- Tomorrow. The greatest of workers this man would have been -- Tomorrow. But the fact is he died and faded from view and all that he left here when his life was through Was a mountain of things he intended to do -- Tomorrow! There is an old jike about the tourist who stopped to ask an old native directions to a certain place. After much figuring, the old fellow said, "Nope. You can't get there from here." After the parade last Sunday, we turned east on Elm St. from Court, then tried to find a way to go north to get home. Not a chance. We drove across the 120 bridge, turned left on the arrow and headed for the Pearl St. bridge. A policeman made us go north on Lincoln Road. At Chapel Hill Road, we thought of turning right and going back to Rte. 120. On second thought, we didn't want' to get back into that McHenry traffic. What was there to do but go through Johnsburg, then South on Riverside Drive. For a while, we thought of the old Geezer who said you couldn't get there from here. There were a lot of happy people in McHenry Sunday. We suspect Monday was Bromo-Selzer DAy. A couple of times lately, I have been introduced as a sports columnist. There was a time when this column carried sports GOOD TO YourseLF GOT a CASE Give yourself a break. Try out a Case garden trac­ tor with exclusive hydraulic drive. One lever con­ trols direction'and speed. Once you try it, youll be hooked. Another lever lets you raise or lower attachments hydraulically.' Exclusive Case hydraulic drive has no troublesome belts, pulleys, shafts or chains In the drive train. With Case's Snap-Fast sttachment system you can quickly switch from mowing to grading or snow- blowing. Take a demonstration drive on a tough Case...or call for a free copy of "Outstanding Yards & Gardens Planning Guide."- Vs. "THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" P. CEO, 385-0420 comments. Now, they are rare. My early columns covered various sports, then my Editor and Publisher decreed that S.I.H. should touch other bases and mix in fun items. My sports editing days are over and there is no pretense of this being a sports column. However, we still have a spot in the sports section and will continue to mix in some athletics. With no big league baseball, it was a treat to watch the Iowa Oaks - Witchita game on TV Sun­ day. Some good and true baseball fans like John Lawrence are downright mad about this ridiculous baseball situation. The fans have been ignored and short changed. Tony Noonan sends a note as old time memories enter his mind. Yest, Tony, it was Marian Anderson who named this column omit when the Plaindealer ran a contest. As Tony writes, he is sitting on the front porch watching the parade. He has ideas of naming the porch "For Ma". Not a bad idea. When I see a shirt with the label "Made In Taiwan", it is time to beware. They must use one of their little men for a model. I find the middle a little snug and the sleeves too narrow. We had a pleasant surprise today. To our door came Bill and Pauline Pries and their granddaughter. Their roots were in McHenry for many years before making Florida their home. It was a pleasant visit, but could have gone on and on if time permitted. Of course, we talked about the key trick that Bill pulled on me many years ago. Think I told you not too long ago. He had keys scattered all over Northern Illinois and part of Indiana with my name and address on tags. Postage due! Grade school kids stormed our door to return keys and collect some small change as a reward. Let me tell you, Bill Pries (Jr.) was one of the "devils" in McHenry history. Soccer 7-9 Year Olds w' Red 4 Blue 3 Green 1 Orange l 10-12 Year Olds 1 0 1 4 4 Orange Blue Football Clinic The City of McHenry Department at Parks and Recreation is now taking registration for the boys Football Clinic which begins Monday, August 3. Two sessions will be held for boys entering grades 3-12 this fall. Sesion I is for boys grades 3-8 and is at 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Fridays for two weeks. Session II is for boys grades 9-12 and is at 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Fridays for two weeks. This program is a football skills program with emphasis on conditioning, passing, catching, and kicking. This is a non- contact skills development program. Both sessions will be held at McHenry high school west campus practice field. A registration fee will be charged and registrations are now being taken at McHenry City Hall, 1111 N. Green St. For further information on this program call the Deaprtment of Paries and recreation at 344-3300. Divot Dolls With Tuesday the 28th being a rain-out, no official golf was played by the ladies at McHenry Country club. Half a dozen die-hards, who remain nameless, did make the scene. However, no results ha «re come to the attention of this column. Back in the club house the stalwart committee, led by Micki Becker and Eunice Hatch, are putting the last minute touches to the 7th annual McHenry Women's Invitational which will be August 20 and 21. More in­ formation regarding this annual "Pink and Green" event will be forthcoming in a future column. In the meantime,.. the annual Club and Class chajzipionsfetf will begin next week and,:hoplfully, far some, that should lead to Happy Golfing! Liz V « HERE'S A CATCH - Burt France of Crystal Lake brought in this 9 lb., 33V4 Northern Pike while fishing at McCuUom Lake July 25. France, originally from McHenry, used an Abu Flex Spinner for his lure and he was assisted by Bruce Zorich of Buffalo Grove who netted the fish. Marian H.S. 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