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              SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HUNTLEY SINCE 1960
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THURSDAY January 16,1997 - VOLUME 36, NUMBER 40 - HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
David Weiss (pictured on the left) recently made a donation of $10,000 to the Huntley Park District. Mr. Weiss' property is currently being developed by Cambridge Homes and this was his way of "giving something back to the community".
The District will use the money to purchase and install an events sign south of the entrance to the park.
Pictured above accepting the check are Terri Gemperline, Etc. Coordinator, Bob Tures and Clark Borhart, Huntley Park District Commissioners.The Park District is extremely greatful for this generous donation.
Huntley Girls Get Cross Country Gold
By Pam Garven
Amanda Verhaeghe and Leah Coleman, both from Huntley, recently competed with the Elgin Sharks Track Club at the American Athletic Union cross country nationals in Cleveland, Ohio on December 7 and the United States Association of Track and Field national cross country meet on Dec. 14 in Lexington, KY.
Amanda, a 6th grader at Immanuel Lutheran, was the 1995 1st place national winner of the girls' 3,000 meter race. Leah is a third grader at Morning Star Christian Academy and ran as part of the 1996 1st place regional Bantam girls team (ages 8-10). This was Leah's first time to compete on a national level.
Both girls were awarded 1st placed team gold medals by a representative of the Junior Olympics Committee. There were over 3,000 participants from around the country in this annual
National      Championship competition.
We congratulate Amanda and Leah for their hard work and wish them success in the 1997 season. The Elgin Sharks Track Club is coached by Bob Pleticha and Mark DuBose.
Huntley High School Landscape Students Excel at National Level Competition
Five Huntley High School landscape National Future Farmer's of America (FFA) Nursery Landscape Career Development event. The students placed seventh out of 42 states.
Chet Nelson, Huntley High School agriculture instructor, accompanied the group to Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Missouri for the 69th annual FFA convention.
"These students discovered they were testing themselves beyond horticultural and landscape knowledge," says Nelson. "Each one had his or her endurance tested handling stress and real life situations. Their limits were pushed."
Examples of the day's activities included writing a letter to a customer with advice about correcting a horticultural problem; a 50 question multiple choice test
flundey High School landscape students participated in the annual FFA Nursery Landscape Career Development session in Kansas City, Missouri. These students placed seventh out of 42 states. From left: Amanda Sartell, 16; Patrick Peterson, 17; Denise Archambeault, 16; Jodie Scheele, 16; and Megan Sunderlage, 15.
on general agricultural knowledge; answering 20 questions conceming a specific landscape such as how to order materials needed and schedule and pay workers; test their skills identifying over 50 plant diseases and weeds; and assessment and solutions to machinery operational problems.
Each student was tested on verbal customer assistance. They helped a "customer" with a horticultural problem such as re-potting a plant. Their skills dealing with the customer and advice on total care of the plant were judged and scored. Personality was an important part of customer service.
Several students agreed learning how to recognize and handle stress
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