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Thursday, May 28,1998
Faonside
A Press Publications newspaper m serving the Huntley connmunity
Volume 37 Issue 59
Displaying works of art
Fine Arts Festival allows many Huntley area students to show their skills
Steve Brosinski f^ ^^ 1 ^ \ V
Press Publications
Where could you see a papier mache cast of an alien head or replica of pre-Columbian vessel, take in a variety of dimensional art and spend an aftemoon listen¬ ing to live music, all at the same place?
Not at the Art Institute, but at the Huntley School District 1998 Fine Arts Festival.
Over 600 sixth- through twelfth-grade students exhibited their art at School District 158's annual Fine Arts Festival on May 17 at the Harmony Road Campus. After a nine-year stint at Huntley Elementary School, the festival was moved to the campus this year.
"This was a joint effort to pro-       Music teacher Jennifer Jarosz (above) leads the sixth-grade Middle School choir at School District 158's mote  art  in  the  school,"  said  annual An Festival. Below, visitors admire students artwork in the cafeteria of the Huntley Campus.
Photo by Steve Brosinski
Laurie Norris, an original orga¬ nizer of the festival. "Now it's great I have all this help. This is heavenly."
Art teachers Anna Lilly and Valerie Belford joined Norris in organizing this year's festival.
"I'm really proud of what the students have been doing," Belford said. "There is such talent in this school."
Twice in one weekend, the cafeteria was not just a place to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Two days before the festival, the High School held its first post-prom party there.
Colorful banners of one- and two-dimen¬ sional paintings hung from the cafeteria ceiling, and sculptures and ceramic art lined several tables.
Sixth-grader Evan Pedersen won first place in middle school art for his colored-' pencil drawing of two hands clasped to parts of a tiger, donkey, bird's wing, seal, octopus and elephant. Evan's mom, Lesia, and dad. Si, came to see their son's drawing entitled "A World in Harmony."
"I thoiight rather than fighting between
people that everybody
has to pull together,"
Evan said.
Ninth-grader Jenny
Chlopek's parents admired their daugh¬ ter's oil charcoal self- portrait.
"Good work," said Jenny's dad, Greg. "I'm no artist. My aunt is, maybe she got her talent from her."
Some of the con¬ testants also compet¬ ed in the Rockford Art Fair and National Scholastic Arts
Competition. Michelle Lillibridge's drawing, which was not on display, won gold and silver keys in the National Scholastic contest.
Connie Coleman, a parent, said she was amazed at all the different kinds of work.
"I'm impressed," said Coleman, whose
daughter Jordana created a papier mache pig. "They are very creative. There is a lot of talent. We need to encourage them."
Students in Lilly's class integrated their artwork with other studies. Three times dur- see Festival—page 2
Parade
helps
celebrate
holiday,
veterans
Steve Brosinski
Press Publications
The bright sun and hun¬ dreds of broad smiles shined on Huntley's annual Memorial Day parade.
Young and old marchers strolled, bicycled and drove the half-mile route from the village square to the Huntley Cemetery in honor of those who died defending our nation's freedom.
Dozens of children from the TLC Preschool and Kindergarten rode their bicycles, while 102-year- old Joe Bennett waved to smiling fans from a seat in a van driven by his son. Rich.
"There's not many of us left," said Bennett, a Worid War I Army sergeant.
Rich said his father looks forward to attending Huntley's parade.
"Today, less than 5,000 World War I veterans are alive. Five years ago, there were 25,000. There is one other veteran in Elgin who is 103," Rich said.
At the ceremony at the cemetery, George Lesch, McHenry County com¬ mander of the American Legion, told the crowd of the importance of remem¬ bering those who died. see Celebration—page 2