Volume 23 ~ No.2 Official Newsletter of Illinois School for the Deaf Alumni Association Spring 2011 Regular News From Alumni for 2011

The Tiger Times

The Tiger Times ~ Front Cover (Page 1)

Introducing the Class of 2011...Introducing the Class of 2011...Introducing the Class of 2011...Introducing the Class of 2011...

Ezekiel Adams Chicago

Jeffrey Brosseau Kankakee

Dominick Brown Chicago

Brittany Burke Bluffs

Leticia Campos Chicago

Deysy Cervantes Rockford

Sherise Ferguson Chicago

Alejandro Fitz Chicago

Ana Hernandez Chicago

Debra Hersrud Oak Forest

Jimmy Holmes Riverdale

Maryam Hussein Chicago

Dwayne Johnson Jr. Crestwood

Lamont Jones Rockford

Nelson Lai Chicago

Robby Lira Chicago

Penelope Lopez Jacksonville

Kegan Mercer Carmi

Otis Monroe Chicago

Isabella Natalie Rockford

Jose Perez Harvard

Javon Miller Chicago

Daniel Saavedra Rockford

Cesar Rodriguez Chicago

Pedro Ramos Chicago

Eriberta Popoca Chicago

Luis Enriquez Evanston

Korice Fitch Joliet

Cole Fink Lincoln

Jerome Jackson III Springfield

Paris Nooner Chicago

Marlet Mancera Chicago

Nahshon Smythe Chicago

Bailee Stephens Cowden

Dylan Szymovicz Spring Valley

The Tiger Times The newsletter is published quarterly - First issue in January-March; Second issue in April-June; Third issue in July-September and Fourth issue in October-December. They are mailed out in-between the months specified with first class postage affixed thereon. Newsletter Editor…………….Melvin Long ‘64 MrStrWrs@aol.com Layout Person………………...Elaine Cady ‘58 Guest Proofreader…………Software Program Printer…………….…………...Melvin Long ‘64 Newsletter Assembling…………....Volunteers Under the Editor’s Directions Memorial Donation Report…Susan Weiss ‘85

SWeiss5@aol.com Museum News….………….....Elaine Cady ‘58 and Marene Mattern ‘68

ISDAA Headquarters Officers Grand President……......Melvin Long ‘64 MrStrWrs@aol.com Grand Vice President…….. Charles Bright ‘72 Bripogo75@yahoo.com Grand Secretary…..Barbara Riordan ‘83 Redrosejr1@aol.com Grand Treasurer……...John Brennan ‘85 jblbhd450@yahoo.com Membership Secretary..Susan Weiss ‘85 SWeiss5@aol.com Memorial Plague/Obituary………. Barbara Baerwaldt ‘61 bbaerwaldt02@gmail.com Museum Curator…….….Elaine Cady ‘58 Museum1989@yahoo.com Historian…………….Marene Mattern ‘68 Museum1989@yahoo.com Hall of Fame Chairperson…..……………

Bob Dramin ‘88 bdramin@aol.com

ISDAA Chapters Presidents Capitol Area……………..Lottie Smith ‘62 Jacksonville…………….David Brown ‘80

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2011 ISD Homecoming

Will Be on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2011 Mark Your Calendar!

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For Your Information… For Your Information is a new col-umn of information service provided by ISDAA at no charge to your or-ganizations. We will print any kind of announcement for social activities and/or any events of other organiza-tions in this column. If you want to announce your organization’s up-coming events in this newsletter, please send in the information to The Tiger Times Editor by e-mail at ISDAA@aol.com. June 4-5, 2011 ~ 13th Annual CIDGA at University of Illinois Golf Course in Savoy, IL. For more information about this golf event, contact Bob Dramin at CIDGA@aol.com June 9, 2011 ~ Deaf Social Services Provid-ers. Two Speakers will give speeches: ISD Supt. Marybeth Lauderdale about ISD/ISVI issues at 10 am. Karen Aguilar and Babian about CHOICES at 1 pm. For more informa-tion about this event, contact IDHHC at (217) 557-4487 (VP) June 25, 2011 ~ 2nd Annual Metro of Chi-cago Deaf Picnic to be held at Marmion Academy, 1000 Butterfield Rd. (Rt. 56), Aurora, IL. For more information about this event, contact MCDP2010@gmail.com or check website: www.n-ski.com/MCDP June 30–July 2, 2011 ~ IAD Convention at Illinois School for the Deaf, 125 S. Webster Ave., Jacksonville, IL. For more information about this convention, contact IAD Conven-tion Chairperson Candi Sexton at candisex-ton36@att.blackberry.net. July 30, 2011 ~ Springfield Chapter of IAD’s Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Base-ball Game at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO. For more information about this event, con-tact IAD Vice President Jodi Miller at jodi-mom4@sprint.Blackberry.net. Note: This event is SOLD-OUT. Aug. 1-4, 2011 ~ MDGA/MDLGA hosted by Illinois Deaf Golf Assn. at Eagle Ridge Re-sor t /Spa in Galena, IL. Check www.MDGA1947.org Aug. 27-28, 2011 ~ 12th Annual NIDGA at Deer Valley Golf Club, 3298 Hoover Rd., Deer Grove, IL. Contact Dale Saline at golfer5@att.blackberry.net. Aug. 31 ~ Sept. 6, 2011 ~ DSA (Deaf Sen-iors of America) at Sheraton Hotel in Chi-cago. For more information about this big event, contact Chairperson Pam Wojcik by e-mail at PWojcik@dsa2011-chicago.org. Sept. 30 ~ Oct. 1, 2011 ~ Homecoming at ISD with annual open golf tournament at Nichols Park during Friday; Hall of Fame banquet on Friday night and Homecoming football game on Saturday at 2 pm. Show your spirit!!! Be there!!

Editorial’s Diatribes Hello to everyone… This issue is coming to all of the subscribers to “catch-up” since the last issue was delayed by a month. I am still improving everyday. How-ever, I have not returned back to my old job as of now. I am awaiting my doctor’s release before I can work again. Normally, I would print the class of 2011 portraits in the next (summer) issue, but I am printing these in this issue as they graduate from ISD last week. ISDAA is wishing them good luck in their future. In this issue, you will see what the museum look as of now on the third floor in the Main Building due to the renovations being done in Thomas Officer Hall (Unit I). The article about the alumni news/museum can be found on pages 3-5 with page 5 showing the new arrangements in the museum. When you are on ISD campus for the homecoming or any reasons, you can visit the museum. Two interesting articles are in this issue. First article is article is about a student who was transferred to ISD from Manzanar (Japanese) camp during the onset of World War II. The article can be seen at bottom of page 4. Second article is about an alumni being a coach at Buffalo Grove Park District teaching the fifth graders to play basketball. This article can be seen on page 6. In this issue, there are two articles asking for your help to identify those in the pictures. First picture is a snapshot taken around 1950 with children in it. Unfortunately, there were no names on the back of the snapshot. Second is four individual pictures of four classmates that were in Hay Edwards School during 1967-1976. The committee are planning for a reunion at this place in July. Your detective skills in identifying these people would be very appreci-ated. You can contact the persons indicated in the articles if you know who they are in both pictures. There’s some announcement from the classes of 1961, 1976 and 1986. They are celebrating their 50th, 35th and 25th anniversaries. Their an-nouncements can be found on the back of the issue on page 8th. See you all in Sept . ~ TTT Editor

Museum/Alumni News...

ISDAA Museum Needs Your Help To Restore

Photo Courtesy of Elaine Cady

The ISDAA Museum have many framed pictures of various classes and organizations that were donated to Museum years ago. The pictures along with the frames were either worn out or faded with some pictures out of their positions from the years of no maintenance. The picture above showed many of them need-ing to be redone or replaced with either chrome or silver frames to look better (make them same). The Mu-seum cannot afford to do all of them! Many of them are in fair to poor con-dition. There are 1958 Girls Class; M.I.S. (Mutual Improvement Society)

1959; Girls Class of 1969 various M.I.S. from 1967 through 1990 or boys sports from 1989 thru 1995. At present we have Julie Flesher taking care of the class of 1972 pic-ture frame and Raymond Gay (‘63) taking care of the 1963 class and Drama Class. If you would like to help getting them restored back to a better condition as a class project, please see Elaine (Lantz ‘58) Cady at the ISDAA Mu-seum in Officer Hall (Unit One) whenever you are in Jacksonville or on the I.S.D. campus. Elaine’s electronic mail address is Museum1989@yahoo.com

Spirit of Tiger

Photo Courtesy of Elaine Cady

This costumed Tiger was a familiar sight on ISD campus during basket-ball games for several years. Kim Zimmerman wore this tiger costume in 1975. Dean Zimmerman wore it in 1976-1977. Their grand-mother made this costume. The en-tire costume along with the mask can be seen in the Museum now at Main Building in Sports Room on third floor.

Then and Now ~ Annie Volger Breslin

Photo Courtesy of Illinois Advance

Annie Volger painted the folding mural walls during her senior year in 1946. Note the shoes style (black and white saddle shoes) that were very popular during that time. Her art teacher was Eddie Clements. Annie was an excellent painter.

Photo Courtesy of Elaine Cady

Annie (Vogler ’46) Breslin standing besides the mural that she painted many years ago.

282 Feet Below Sea Level

Photo Courtesy of Melvin Long

Melvin Long ‘64 visited Death Val-ley National Park in California during the Christmas week. Pictured above is a sign stating that this place is 282 feet below sea level. It is called ‘Badwater Basin’ Almost nothing grows in this place due to too much salt on the “ground.”

Have a Happy and

Safe Summer

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HANNAH TAKAGI HOLMES WAS A VICTIM OF THE UNITED STATES’ POLICIES AGAINST JAPANESE-AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II. SHE WAS PULLED FROM CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND

SENT WITH HER FAMILY TO THE MANZANAR CAMP.

IN SEPTEMBER 1944, SHE ENROLLED AT THE ILLINOIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF THE FIRST SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE-AMERICAN (NISEI) TO GO SO SHE AND OTHER STUDENTS AT I.S.D. STOOD UP TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DURING HER STAY THERE.

TAKAGI HOLMES WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS AND QUILTER IN LOS ANGELES BEFORE BECOMING AN ADULT EDUCATION TEACHER. SHE SAYS,”I WANT EQUALITY FOR THE ASIANS, THE DEAF, AND WOMEN.” Editor’s note: This news article appeared in SIGNews newsletter in 1946

Photo Courtesy of ISD

Hannah Takagi I.S.D 1948 Circa 1944

DEAF PROFILES

Help Identify These Children...

Photo Courtesy of ISDAA Museum

ISDAA Museum needs your detective skills to identify six children that is in this picture. It was believed to be taken around 1950. There was no identifying names on the back of this picture. If you could identify anyone, please contact Museum Curator Elaine Cady at Museum 1989@yahoo.com.

Seven items Donated… Three Photos Courtesy of Elaine Cady

Laura Harvey ‘79 donated a total of seven items to ISDAA Museum. She lives in California. Three items

are shown here. Pictured above is the flower for her graduation gift. Pictured on the left is the Tiger Mascot. Pictured below is a hand-painted black “Merry Christmas” serving plate. Her art teacher was Ed Feller ‘53. These items are on display in the Museum.

Went Island Hopping For Nine Days

Photo Courtesy of Melvin Long

Pictures above were Melvin Long ‘64 (Left) with her daughter, Abby, in front of a British Virgin Island welcome sign during a nine-day cruise in springtime 2010. They visited Dominician Republic, St. Kitts, Barbados, British Virgin Islands and Tortola. It was Melvin’s first time on a cruise.

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Hall of Fame Inductees Announced Bob Dramin, ‘85, chairman of the ISDAA Hall of Fame and on the behalf of the Selection Com-mittee want to congratulate the following induc-tees: Athletes ~ Frank Bazos “70; Jules Gui-mard ‘76; John Lestina ‘78; and Mark Nagy (coach); Civic Leaders: Solomon Deitch ‘38 and Melvin Long ‘64; Faculty/Staff: Paula Chance. The new inductees and the induction ceremony/banquet will be held at Hamilton’s located at 110 N. East St., Jacksonville on Fri-day, September 30, 2011 at 5 pm. Tickets for the banquet are $30 per person. For more infor-mation, contact ISDAA Hall of Fame Chairman Bob Dramin at bdramin@aol.com or (217) 408-0542 (Video Phone) or check the ISDAA web-site: www.ISDAA.org

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ISDAA Museum Is Now Located on Third Floor in Main Building All Photos Courtesy of Elaine Cady

ISDAA Museum started the moving in September and went thru Novem-ber when most of the things were in place. We are now re-arranging the furniture and putting everything back to their collection. We were given a total of 10 rooms on third floor that we are using now. Several large and heavy equipment like Linotype ma-chine, slate table, cannot be moved so they remained in Thomas Officer hall (Unit One) until the renovations of putting in new sprinklers are fin-ished in next year or so. We are hop-ing that we can be ready for the ISD Homecoming on Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 weekend for the visitors/alumnus to see the museum. Museum would like to say “Thanks” to these people who have volunteered their free time to help in moving. They were: Di Whitmore ‘71, Jackie Higdon, Marilyn (Lipka ‘57) Johanssen, Linda (Harper, ‘81) Medina, Dave Mattern, Bob Chaplin ‘66, Pedro Medina ‘71, Melvin Long ‘64, Richard Thing ‘67, Michael Hogue ‘81, Barbara Baerwaldt ‘61, Elaine (Lantz ’58) Cady, Janet Pyers, Marene (Clark ’68) Mattern among the others.

Vocational room with various school trades on display from sewing ma-chines to driving training equipment among the other things.

Moving time. A large moving-van type was used to move many of museum’s large furniture to Main Building. The men were discussing in the van.

Temporary place for the donated jacket and sweater covered with plastic cover to keep them clean

Wooden tables and other wooden things that alumnus made years ago were on display. mmmm

Old football clothings, helmets, framed sports figures, won-lost re-cords and “I” letters are on the dis-play in Sports Room.

Framed pictures on the old school desks/tables prior to their final hang-ing on the wall

Janet Pyers was straightening the children’s reading materials, ready-ing the room for future children’s classroom displays.

Old baseball catcher’s bodyguard hangs on a wall among other poster-type boards showing ISD’s sports

1920’s ISD pennant (on the wall) and framed sports team among the coats that were donated by alumnus

The big bookcase in the background are full of old hearing aids models

Q & A With Dino Lomanto as Head Boys’ Basketball Coach

All Photos on This Page Courtesy of Dino

Dino Lomanto ‘91 as head boys basketball coach for Buffalo Grove Park District. He teaches 5th grade hearing boys. Why did you want to be basketball coach? Why not teach deaf boys instead? Really, I always wanted to be bas-ketball coach someday. Most deaf schools already have a coach. Chuck Burgess from Buffalo Grove Park District Recreation Supervisor said there is 5 available coach posi-tions and 49 boys are on waiting list. I said myself, why not give a try and apply the position? Good enough, I got a job as head coach. My dream came true. Is it easy to get the position as bas-ketball coach? No, they require me to pass the criminal background check first then take a test through National Alliance for Youth Sports website (NAYS). I passed it all. How can you communicate with hearing boys? I have two interpreters, Terrie and Jennifer Oritz who help me to com-municate with them during the prac-tice and games. Why did you have an interpreter? The main reason are time permit and not enough hours of practice before the season starts. The practice is on every Thursday nights and it takes me an hour of practice. I only have three practice days before the league starts. Writing down on dry eraser clipboard and using gestures run out of time. Having an interpreter makes my practice days easier and convenient. How does your assistant coach feel about you being deaf head coach? My assistant coach, Bruce McCrin-dle, and I get along easily. He has a soft heart. He knows nothing about basketball. He learns a lot from me when I teach boys how to play bas-ketball. When the game starts, we

sometimes use gestures or write down on dry eraser clipboard to share our ideas for this game plan. He learns some basic sign language for offense plays. Also, I have a young deaf brother, Jason (‘93) as scorekeeper. I sometimes ask him for the advice. You know two brains are better than one. Do you have a son who plays on your team? If so, how can you han-dle him? Yes, I have a son who is KODA, needs to understand the difference between being dad at home and coach on the court. I have always treated my son the same as every-one else on the team. They have an understanding that when we are on the court, I am the coach, not the dad at that time. What is your mission as head coach? I want to teach the boys that it’s not whether you win or lose, but good sportsmanship is how you play the game. What is your big challenge? Everything goes quickly as the coach has a big advantage of talking to their players right away while I sign to my players, my interpreter has to speak them what I sign, it is like 5-8 seconds delay because playing bas-ketball is the fast paced sport. What is your experience being a coach? I have my faith with my players. First five players play for 5 minutes then substitute with five other players for another 5 minutes to end the quarter while their team did not. Sad!! Like I said before, I don’t care about re-cord. I teach my team as a way of developing team skills and a better understanding of the rules of the game. What is the major issue that you learn through the basketball season? My team know how to play basket-ball by themselves while the other teams, they depend on their coaches, like the coach says, pass to John Doe, shoot the ball, John Doe. They are playing with their ears while my players play with their eyes. Did your players use sign language when they call for offensive plays? It all depends on them but during the practices, I often say to them, it’s up

to you if you want to use sign lan-guage like “Bulls,” “Apple,“ “Y.” Sometimes, they speak, sometimes they sign. Are you going to be basketball coach again next year? Yes, definitely but I am not sure which league I am going to be in, other Buffalo Grove Park District or Buffalo Grove travel basketball team. I have to wait until next year to check the schedule to see if it works for me or not. *I want to say thanks to my former basketball coaches, David Brown (‘80), Randy Shearburn, Mark Nagy and dormparent, Mark Aubry (‘85) and those people who work at ISD for their hard effort to teach me to be a good basketball player. See what I become. At least, I did not forget one person, Mike Moore, who took me to basketball camps for three summers. He teaches me a lot and shares his basketball whiz with me. Also, I want to say, I am blessed to have my parents, Jim Lomanto ‘67 and Charlene (Dangelo ’67) Lomanto for standing on my side since I play basketball for many years. They are my number one fans and still do! Last, but not least, I want to say thanks to my family for their wonderful support. Aricle written by Dino Lomanto

Bruce McCrindle (L) and fifth graders and Dino Lomanto (R)

Their record: 7 wins and 3 losses

The team in a huddle

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Obituaries…..

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AFSCME: Closure of schools for deaf, Visually impaired would violate contract

Any attempt to close the schools for the deaf and visually impaired in Jacksonville would violate a union agreement, the largest state em-ployee union said Monday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said the agreement between the un-ion and Gov. Pat Quinn prevents any facility closures or layoffs until after June 30, 2012, the end of AF-SCME’s current contract. “Our union reached a cost savings agreement with the Quinn admini-stration that is very simple and clear.” said AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall. “We made conces-sions including deferred pay in-creases and unpaid furlough days and the state agreed there will be no layoffs, no facility closures through the end of (June 2012). Any plan advanced to the contrary would be a direct violation of a collective bar-gaining agreement.”

‘Budget exercise’ The possibility of closing the two schools was raised again during an Illinois House budget hearing last week by the Department of Human Services, which operates the facili-ties. DFS faces steep cuts as law-makers try to craft a more austere spending plan for the budget year that starts July 1. However, DHS said it was re-sponding to questions posed by law-makers about the effect of the cuts. “The General Assembly came to DHS and asked the agency to do a budget exercise related to what would happen if an additional 6.5 percent were to be cut from the gov-ernor’s proposed DHS budget,” said spokesman Stacey Solano. “The department would be forced with making the extremely tough decision of closing these schools, as well as moving approximately 6,400 indi-viduals out of the Home Services program.” But Solano said it was “just a budget exercise. As of today, there are funds in the line items for these schools in the budget.” The House plans to build a budget around a revenue estimate of $33.2 billion, while the Senate is using a figure of $34.3 billion. A number of

human interest groups have said the House plan would force deeper pro-gram cuts than necessary. DHS estimates it would save about $28.4 million by closing the two schools. The schools have 370 em-ployees and more than 400 students.

Not first threat Rep. Jim Watson, R-Jacksonville, said this isn’t the first time the state has talked about closing the schools. “You have to take it seriously and hope that it is not,” Watson said. “It could be designed to extract some-thing out of people, whether a vote from me or concessions from people. There are certainly more productive ways to find resolutions to our chal-lenges.” Jacksonville has seen several large employers leave the city in re-cent years, and closing the schools would be another setback, said Mayor Andy Ezard. He, too, is “getting tired” of the repeated closure threats. “It affects not only the city of Jack-sonville, but outside, too,” Ezard said. “There’s a special place in eve-ryone’s hearts for these schools. More important is the kids who get an education there. They come from all over the state.” One of those is Clark Hamilton, 13, a seventh-grader at the Illinois School for the Deaf. “It is an excellent environment,” said his mother, Darla. “He is pro-foundly deaf. He can’t hear and can’t speak. Everyone there signs. That’s why it’s such a wonderful facility, everyone communicates.” If the school would close, Hamilton said, Clark would have to transfer to a public school and learn with the aid of an interpreter. There’d be no communication with the teachers. It would be absolutely impossible for him,” she said “My gut instinct is they are using our kids as a pawn again,” Hamilton said. “He thinks his school is going to close. He’s a nervous wreck. It’s un-fair if they are using this as a pawn.” Editor’s note: This news article ap-peared in May 3, 2011 issue of State Journal-Register based in Spring-field, IL..

2011 ISD Homecoming September 30 ~ October 1, 2011

1950

Oliver Lee Hoffman Oliver was born on March 12, 1931. He died April 22, 2011. He was 80 years old. He entered ISD in 1936 and graduated in 1950. He was mar-ried to Barbara Heath.

Mary Kathryn Etter Mary was born Oct. 30, 1935. She died April 21, 2011. She was 75 years old. She entered ISD in 1947 and left in 1955.

Satora Shiratsuki Satora was born Sept.1, 1924. He died April 2, 2006. he was 81 years old. He entered ISD in 1943 and graduated in 1946.

Walton Jones Walton was born July 16, 1929. He died July 5, 2010. He was 89 years old. He entered ISD in 1929 and left in 1940. He was married to Phyllis Wilkinson.

Important ISDAA Headquarters Numbers:

(866) 552-4550 (Video Phone)

E-Mail: ISDAA@aol.com Web Page:

http://www.isdaa.org Museum (E-Mail)

museum1989@yahoo.com

Class Reunion Reminders Notice to the Classes of 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011. These classes will have their class reunions respectively in the fall during the homecoming weekend. Alumnus are suggested to make contacts to the persons responsible for the reunions that will be held at various locations dur-ing ISD Homecoming on October 15-16, 2010. You can contact any alumni through your home computer using your e-mail at http://www.morgan.k12.il.us/isd/alumni/index.html, or at our website, www.isdaa.org..

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Class of 2011 Officers: President………….……………………………..Jeb Willoughby Vice-President……………………………...……….Izzy Natalie Secretary……………..……….……………….Maryam Hussein Treasurer……………...….Marlet Mancera & Eriberta Popoca Sergeants at Arms……….Debra Hersrud & Danny Saavedra Class Advisors:…………………....Kathleen Hughes and Chris Kuhn Class of 2011 Information Class Colors:…………………….……….....Black, Orange and White Class Tree……………………….…………………………...Red Maple Class Theme:…………………….…..……………………….”Success” Class Motto….”Success does not come to you, you go to.(success)” ~ Marva Collins Class Gifts:………………...Mosiac Artwork at High School Entrance

Lost Alumnus Help Us Find Them

A luncheon is being planned for 1967 to 1976 group since we all knew each other and were in the same class. We will have a group picture in front of Hay Edwards school in Springfield, IL at 3 pm on July 16, 2011. We need your help to locate those four lost classmates. If you happen to know where they are, please contact Dave Cook at Dave.Cook@illinois.gov and let him know where they are with their e-mail..

Photos Courtesy of Illinois Advance

25th, 35th & 50th Reunion Planned… Class of 1961 (50th Anniversary) at Reichert’s Banquet and Bar Grill, 1852 South Main St., South Jacksonville, IL 4:30 pm to ??? on Oct. 1, 2011. Contact Barbara Baerwaldt at (217) 408-0521 (VP) or Lester Prahl at (217) 689-0251 (VP). RSVP by Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 Class of 1976 (35th Anniversary) Class reun-ion at ISD Dining Room on Oct.1, 2011. Con-t a c t D a w n ( W i l d e ) K n o u s a t dknous@uscellular.blackberry.com Class of 1986 (25th Anniversary) Contact Beth Steward at rarosp@aol.com during ISD Homecoming on October 1, 2011.

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Dominique Terry Chicago Heights

Alexander Thompson Geneva

Xavier Vaccaro Woodbridge

Dorian Wallace Madison

Thomas Widurski Wheeling

Aldale Williamson Rockford

Jeffery Willoughby Jr. Jacksonville

Lilliana Zarco Chicago

Kathleen Hughes Class Advisor

Chris Kuhn Class Advisor