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Johnsburg Homecoming SCHOOLS :tkm2,mce 10 SPORTS S. • PMC HERALD < H A W F R E F P R F S S V I T D U i N i Gototoor 10, 1984 23 CENTS Johnsburg High School okays new student activity program Blessing of animals Dogs, cats, mice, birds and other assorted species were the order of the day at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg. Above, the Rev. PUindealer-Herald Photo by Anthony Oliver John C. Holdren bestows a blessing on one of a variety of animals brought to him outside the chnreh. By Carol Stevens A student outreach program is slated to be presented at Johnsburg High School on a Satur­ day aftenfoon and evening follow­ ing the football game with Round Lake on Oct. 27. "The Fifth Quarter" is the name given to the program which will consist of a "burger bash," an activity time, and ending with a Christian rock concert to be held in the school gymnasium. The outreach program is being organized by the Fox Lake Baptist Church and is being sponsored by district residents Bill and Bobby Hart. (Bobby recently served as school board president until last November when she did not seek reelection.) i Although a specific church is organizing the affair, an open in- vitation will be issued to all area teens who wish to get together with other teens in a Christian at­ mosphere. The purpose has been stated as "to provide a wholesome, positive-Christian en­ vironment for our youth." Airport committee to begin study soon By Angela Burden^ PUMeatar-HmMNwraSwvtM The Citizens Advisory Committee ' for McHenry County's airport feasibility study will have its first meeting. later this month if the tentative time frame is followed. More than 100 persons have, applied for membership on the proposed 15-member airport study committee, according to Dean Cunat, chairman of the' . county board's Economic Development Committee. ! He said that McHenry County Board members from each at ; the three districts will select five members to represent each district on the 15-member committee. • Larry Donahue, president of the planning and engineering firm of Ralph H. Burke Inc. of Park Ridge, which has been hired by the county as con­ sultants for the airport feasibility study, set up a ten- meeting for (He study. He explained the respon­ sibility of the advisory com­ mittee will be to aid the con­ sultant in establishing what MdHenry County's goals and objectives are rei inventory and user on end facility reauirements. a January meeting on potential airport sites, a March meeting on candidate airport sites, a May meeting on a preliminary airport development plan, a July meeting on airport layout aviation development. The plans and environmental study end a September meeting on the study summary and recom­ mendations. Concern over the possibility there will be no public airfields in the county in the future prompted the county's EDC to proposed the airport feasibility study. The concerns stem from the fact that Elgin Airport was purchased as a site for an in­ dustrial subdivision and that the Gait Airport - 258 acres on Greenwood Road north of Woodstock • was on the sale committee also will aid in identifying the unique and unusual conditions and cir­ cumstances that influence aviation in the county. Donahue said the committee will aleo assist in the definition of study evaluation criteria Unit reflect the county and citizen desires and concerns and wiH aid in various development alternatives. In addition, the advisory committee will serve as personal contacts for in­ forming the general public of the feasibility study recom- market. According to Cunat, state aviation engineers have ex­ pressed "great concern" over the prospect of airport closings. Cunat said they told him "the whole Chicago metropolitan area private airport system is reaching a saturation point and that a number of other airports have closed in the lest 10 years. "The ones that are surviving are being taken over by the cities dnd counties because they are able to get grants and low- interest loans to revitalize, expand and make profitable operations," Cunat said. McHenry County'* request for Federal Aviation Ad­ ministration funds to cover 90 percent of the feasibility study have been approved and the state will match the county's $5,000 share of the study, estimated at about $100,000. mendations and progress, ac- c0,itetentauveuraeframeou» Experience helps new assistant for a meeting thli month on" ' » , 1 1. • 1. . V principal discipline students -Walkaway' prisoner arrested A "walkaway" prisoner under the supervision of the Illinois department of Corrections was taken into custody recently by the McHenry Police Depart­ ment. • Police said information was received that Steven J. Harms, a prisoner on a work-release {program at the state peniten­ tiary at Joliet, was in the McHenry area. Harms, who gave an address of 522 McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake, was taken GOOD MORNING into custody at about 2 p.m. Oct In other incidents, John A. Elstrom, 47, 466 Illinois Road, Lake Forest, 111,, was taken into custody by McHenry Police on a battery warrant from the Lake Forest Police Department. Calvin D. Hoff, 24,1205 Sunset Road, McHenry, was charged with retail theft under $300 after be was caught allegedly taking some items from the fiagle Food Store, in the Market Polace shopping center. hmujchi WOMAN OF THE YEAR - :Susan E. Low was chosen as :\the recipient of the ' MpHenry Area Chamber of :Commerce's "Woman of-the Year" award at the annual dinner dance. See page 3 for >details N0EX Society \ . Page 6 Sports Pages 17,18 Obituaries....... Page 5 Vol 109. Number 14 Editorial Page 2 JgllQQj ' 4j| ̂~ ~ •So I Hear ....... Pege 4 2 Sections, 32 Pages m By Marion Olsen PlitDdlAllf4!crild Ntwi 8#rvlct McHenry High School students who break school rules will quite likely meet one of four assistant principals. Hiis fall, Assistant Principal Martin Horgan joins his assistant principal coun­ terparts, Jeffrey Pettit at West Campus, and Tom Karl and Emory Sweeney at East Campus, in handling the student truancies, smoking violations, posrible drinking or drug abuse situations and other student problems that may arise. Horgan comes to McHenry from Lake Park High School in Roeelle, Illinois, having served nine years as dean of students. Before that, he taught for three years at Malta High School in Malta, 111. His teaching responsibilities there included geography, consumer education and physical education. Prior to that Horgan spent one year at the Maple Elementary School in Loves Park near Rockford. The new administrator holds a bachelors and masters degree in education from Northern Illinois University. He grew up in Berwyn. Dealing with discipline could be a depressing , but Horgan looks upon it positively. 'Experience hefcs,' he said referring to his nine years as dean,'I've heard all the reasons and excuses. Ninety- five percent of students who have problems in school will make it in life.' He recognizes that for a very few students, school is not the answer. But when a student wants to drop out of school, Horgan asks him or her, 'Where will you be four years from now? When there is a chance for promotion or a new job op­ portunity, who will they take? A high school graduate or junior college graduate, or you?' 'The lack of an education will eventually come back to haunt a drop-out somewhere along the way,' he said. A recent survey placed 'parental disinterest' as the main cause of school problems for children, according to teachers. Horgan's response to questions about the survey was, As a parent, I feel we have lost a little control over our children - for many reasons. Cars, ease of transportation away from home, money, vacations. Parents used to he home more. Now, children become in­ dependent earlier. They're influenced by peer pressure. They're not always prepared for the independence they have.' The new administration member lives in Elgin with his wife, Pamela, and their three children. The format for the outreach will be as follows: . Students will begin to arrive by 4:45 p.m. Cars will be stopped at the front entrance by security of­ ficers and youth sponsors, at which time tickets will be pur­ chased. Hand stamps will be used. Cars will then be directed to park in the front lot. Students will be- confined to the front of the building, and security will be posted at various locations around the building to prevent access to the rear of the school. For the next hour, a "burger bash" will be in progress. The food will be prepared on a large grill outdoors in the front of the building. Students will eat outside, and trash cans will be provided to insure the. area is kept clean. If the weather1 is inclement, students will be directed to the cafeteria and therood will be brought to them. However, the outdoor grills will still be used, unless the weather prohibits this. Immediately following the "burger bash," outside activities are planned in the form of team games. The games will be monitored by youth sponsors and will include, but will not necessarily be limited to, amoeba races, caterpillar races, dizzy bat, body messages, etc. At approximately 7 p.m., students will be directed to the gvnmaalum), through the front doors, and sponsors will be at the door to check hand stamps and in the hallways to monitor student movement. Once the students are In the gym, prizes will <be handed out. Prizes will be in the form of Christian tapes and albums. A solo performance by Art Work will follow and will last approximately half an hour. More prizes will then be given away, and the evening will reach its climax with a con­ cert by Destiny, a five-piece Christian rock group. At the end of the concert, students will be directed to leave through the front doors. At all times throughout the afternoon and evening, the em­ phasis will be pn having a good time without the use of artificial stimulants such as alcohol or drugs. The board formally approved the use of the school grounds for the use of this outreach program and praised its organizers for their efforts. Board member Wen­ dy Turner stated, "1 think its great you care enough about our kids to do this." Another board member, Susan Maiorca wanted to know if this would become an ongoing activity. She felt that it is a "worthwhile and constructive venture" and expressed the hope that future programs will be plan­ ned. " Chuck Beckler, youth minister for Fox Lake Baptist Church, stated that he would Uke to see four or five of these each year. He added that he also hopes that students who are often in trouble will attend and discover that they can have a good time without "getting in trouble." The board heard a report from Lisa Hartigan, a Rotary foreign exchange student who just recent­ ly returned from a year spent in Brazil. The student sprat a great deal of time describing many of her experiences while a short- term resident of Brazil. She reported that she adjusted fairly well to the different lifestyle, and by the time she had been there three months, she was able to eon- verse fluently in Portuguese, the native language ol that country. Thf board asked about cdhi- parisons with the school systems of each country, and Miss Har­ tigan replied that the public system in Brazil is very weak, but the private schools offer very strong curriculums. She added that her own courses of study there were far more advanced than those found in public schools in the United States. She felt this was due to the fact that students must select a major by their se­ cond year of high school and at that time, their education will become centered around the stu­ dent receiving enough education to start a career immediately upon completing high school. She discussed briefly the dif- (Pleaae turn to pagr 3) Plaindealer-Herald Photo by Anthony Oliver Homecoming royalty This year's homecoming court featured two queens, due to a tie vote, and a king. From left to right are Cindi Kinsala, Brad Snyder and Archie Read."