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the volley fired by veterans el Peerl street's memorial marker caa fee seea iteraas aai members el tbelr auxiliary units stand at attention. The program brought a good sise crowd to tbe park prior to the tribute on It iaa't often theee days that a speaker brings hia audience to its feet, but Reg Weaver did Just that laat Thuraday night at the McHenry Country chib. Maybe it was what he had to aay; maybe it was the way he said it; or maybe it waa only that the time was right to put Ms message into words. Rag Weaver is prsakknt of the Illinois Education aaaociation, and he was speaking to McHenry high school teachers of IMS, former teachers, secretariea, custodians and board members. What he Jiad to aay waa that teachsrs had better start developing a better image of themaelves and what they stand for. < Among the fears he pointed out were thoae of students, less tax dollars, and a carping public • "if WE don't plug pubMc education, who will?" the dynamic speaker challenged. Weaver, a Junior Ugh teacher In Harvey, III., a&nittad that are not perfect, but said they much better thaa a decade ago. "And they deserve more credit they get", he Insisted Indeed they do! , It was our plsaaure to before a MCHS National Honor society gathering in April, and in May at the Academic Recognition dinner. As we ware setting our thoughts in place, It became evident that even thoee of us who are, or at some time have been, cloaely associated with our schools fail too often to realise the tremendous preeaurea on "school people" today. Thet-to-6 job often carriea over into the evening with a briefcaee filled with paper work. But how does this compare with a mind filled with kids you know won't make it but want to, and kids who won't make it and don't care? When half of the youngsters at­ tending a school come from broken homes, as they did one recent year In a Mrllairy school, «•*« we ignore that this w»h trouble? A n d i f h e y r e a c t H k e m o a t o f u s would do if we had been raised in theee hectic times, what do teachers do? They may not start the day ahead of the opening bell, and they may not stay behihd the deak after S:S0 but their day Isn't until these memories dim. choae their profession because thsy than ftismisssl. Graduate Auxiliary Deputies Thirteen Volunteers Page 3 Remembering The Veterans Bird Count Findings In McHenry County ' Page 19 Smoke fi Impress! . McHeary's beach a prsseace of tbe photographer. Herbe from the perk. The lifelong McHeary the Memorial dey ceremonies hove beech sad brief ceremonies la the throe cemeteries. At right, oblivions to tbe , Herbert H. Frenad sits under the flag at his home acroos residoat had memories that extend back as long as STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD New President For Village Fills Wonder Lake Vacancy <3 1- " . . . Page 16 VOLUME 106 NUMBER 88 "SERVING THE CHAIN-O-LAKES REGION SINCE 1875 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1982 1 SECTION 20 PAGES 25' Cleanup Days In McHenry McHenry Cleanup days m Monday, Annual have been deelgnafed from June 7, through Friday, June 11. Items will be picked up only once in each designated area. Everything must be at the curb at t a.m. and nothing will be accepted that is hsavier than two men can lift. Graaa clippings and leaves, will be taken, as well as small branches which muat be in bags, snd newspapers which must be tied. No rocks or large pieces of lumber will be picked up. Pickup will be on the following Monday, June 7 - North of Elm and west of rsilrosd tracks (Lakeland Park, Brittany Park area). TUeeday, June 8 - South of Elm and west of railroad tracks (Lakeland Shores, Whispering Oaks, Fox Ridge, Cooney Heights). Wednesday, June 9 - South of Bull Valley road and east of Green street (McHenry Shores). Thursday, June 10 - South of Waukegan road and east of railroad tracks (Edgebrook Heights, Country Club, Country Club Estates) Friday, June 11 - North of Wsukegan road and east of railroad tracks (Millstream subdivision, old part of town). Explosion Causes Jet Crash The official Air Force inveetigation has concluded thst the U.S. Air Force Jet tanker that crashed two months ago in McHenry county, killing all 27 persons aboard, ' apparently broke apart in midair after an explosion in a fuel tank. The cause of the explosion, which first blew apart the tail section of the plane, was not determined. The aircraft, assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard, was returning from a training flight with a crew of four and 23 passengers - all Air Force reservists - when it crashed unex­ pectedly March 19 in overcast weather near Greenwood. The wreckage was scattered over a 2-by-5- mile area. The midair explooion occurred at about 13,000 feet as the plane was descending toward O'Hare In­ ternational airport, where it was based Cost of the crash was estimsted at $6.5 million, which included $3.3 million for th* plane The other $3.2 million would be for the victims' survivors and for other damages. Jr. High 25th Anniversary Grade School Graduations Explosion Blows Out Side Of Home Asslstaat Fire Chief Chris Bennett (white helmet) aad a fire fighter from Compaay I of the McHeary Township Fire Protectisa District sort through the rubble of a wall blown off a condominium last Thursday afteraeoa. Beaaett said the explosloa appeared to have bat aa Investigation la betag coaducted by Fire officials been dae to aataral gas lnjnries were reported la the lacldeat. Mere No phetee appear eo page 14 of this Issae. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Shaw An explosion bl condominium st by Anthony Oliver w Media News Service blew out the side of a McHenry at about 3:90 p.m. Thuraday.. . Company f of the MdHe1ttf~ Fire Protection District and Area Rescue Squad tely dispatched to the when word waa received that "a waa blowing up." house looked as If one entire of the two-story structure had been cleanly cut off, as fire flutters and rescue personnel arrived at the scene. Wrecked furniture and insulation were strewn about tip lawn. Two eliding glass patio doonL were blown null aiw .othsr wtadowfV and doors to the imldwtce damaged. According to Asst. Fire Chief Chris Bennett, the incident appeared to be the result of s natural gas exploeion. Bennett noted that there was no fire involvad at the residence and the (CsnlliHM m Outline Area Road Program Extreme weather conditions this past winter played havoc with road : surfaces, prompting an aaaeesment of general repairs to be completed in the months ahead. Manor are included in the 1962-83 road program.' , Additional roads include well- traveled roads in the Pistakee Highlands, Huemsnn subdivision, Maryville Heights and Ringwood. Regner said Barnard Mill road, from Ringwood road to Route 31, is scheduled for resurfacing, as is Scott road, off of Riverside drive, and Rolling lane, off of Weingart road. In addition to the resurfscing projects, Regner said the township " be seal < coating certain roads in Smanyside Estates. Regner said the cost of this year's program would be approximately IJBO.OOO or less. One of the worst stretches of roed which broke up with the alter- Musin • nating daily temperatures is Illinois 47 between Illinois 130 (six* corners) and the McHenry county courthouse. The state has 404 lane-miles of high­ way to maintain in the county and has crews out every day to keep up with the road surface breakun oroblem. "Hopefully, in the not too distant future, Route 47 from U.S. 14 to the Wisconsin border, will go under con­ tract," Romano said. IDOT program development section chief Ed Kramarz said the 12.3-mile stretch of Illinois 47, from U.S. 14 to the Wisconsin border, is a project set for Fiscal year 1985, which begins in July of 1964 "This project is set for that time, depending on federel funding," Kramarz said. The cost is eetimated at $5.5 million. McHenry county has 215 miles of roads to maintain, and fortunately doesn't have pothole problems, officials maintain. "The county's roods are in pretty good shape," said James Rakow, eanderin9 county superintendent of highways Rakow said the countvXas an active highway pogram^which has kept up with needed repsirs and resurfacing." He said the county will be reeurfacing about 15 miles of roads in various locations this summer. He said it costs about $40,000 per mile to resurface the roads. Much of the state's 133,000-mile roed system consists of older roods snd bridges. In McHenry county, the state has several repair projects targeted for completion this year or next year, depending on fed funding, Kramarx said. Work is expected to begin soon on an estimated $900,000 intersection im- (Continued on p*0* 14) Graduation of eighth grade students from the two McHenry public schools will be held Thursday, June 3, starting at 7 p.m. Alternating eech year, the first graduation this yeer will be st McHenry Junior high school on Kane avenue, where "Pomp and Dignity" played by the sixth and seventh grade bend will bring the graduates into the gymnasium. Following sn invocation by the Rev. Edward Scnott of St. Mary's church, the special recognition sward will be made by McHeary Claeeroom Teachers association. Other presentations will be the American Legion award, by Com­ mander Joseph P. Strojny, the Kiwanis sward by President Brian Cunat, and the scholarship award by Oscar L. Sola, principal. Remarks by the Student Council preeident, Kimberly Coots, will be followed by the speeker of the evening, John Armstrong. The seventh grade teacher has been on the faculty for 23 years of the quarter century the school hss been in operation. He wss honored by having the year book dedicated to him this anniversary year Preeentation of diplomas will be made by Gary Lockwood, president of the board, and Dr Richard Farmer, superintendent. Parkland The same type program will follow at 8:30 p.m. at Parkland school, with similar awards. Barbara Smiley, eighth grade team leader, will present the scholarship awards, and reflections will be made by Thomas Wrona, one of the graduateo. The ferewell tg the class will be given by Caroline Brown, e seventh grader At Parkland, the main speaker of the evening will be Mayor Joeeph Stanek. Montinl Montinl Catholic schools graduated 58 eighth graders Tueaday, June 1, at St. Patrick's church. The Reverends Petit, Gsynor, Stringing Schott snd Russo concelebrsted the graduation Mass, and Father Petit delivered the homily Mrs Kristina Gorski, preeident of the Montinl Catholic schools board of education, preeented the diplomas to the graduates.