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Neenah Menasha Northwestern from Oshkosh, Wisconsin • Page 2

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April 29, 1976 Daily Actor Darrow due to arrive Friday Richard Relchert Dr. Repine Mrs. EMice Eiglind Rev. James B. Cvrrlgan Three fo be honored Three persons who have distinguished themselves in i fields i receive awards at the first annual 1'iuc Recognition Day Sunday at Oshkosh Lourdes Academy.

--Mrs. Eunice Englund of Oshkosh i receive the Pope JolurXXlII Award for outstanding service to humanity. --Dr. John Repine of Minneapolis. a member of the.ftrst fcourdes" graduating class in 1962.

will receive i a Award, given to an outstanding Lourdes alumnus. i a of Green Bay well receive the Mother Seton Award for his outstanding contributions to ri-iigious education Civic Recognition Day will begin with.a mass at 10 a.m. in the Lourdes gymnasium. A breakfast, during which the awards will be presented, will begin-at 11 a.m. in the cafeteria.

a a breakfast will be the Rev. James B. Corrigan. S.J.. vice president of development and a i relations at Marquette University.

Milwaukee. Father Corrigan was director of the Jesuit Retreat House at Oshkos.h for three years until he became pastor at Gesu Church. Milwaukee, in 1963. He joined the Marquette staff as special assistant to the president in 1970. Alfred Ganther chairman of the Lourdes Administrator's Council, will be master of ceremonies for the breakfast program.

The invocation will be given by the a Bike ride to aid county retarded i a Youth- Association for Retarded Citizens will hold its annual "Bike Ride" Saturday. May 8. Interested persons of all ages may i on a planned route for the benefit of retarded citizens. Riders get individual or businesses to sponsor them for so much money per mile ridden. Mike Boucher, coordinator of the ride, said the route will be 25 miles long.

Bikers may ride it more than once. Sponsor sheets, which con- lain a map of the route and other informatm. are available at area schools or from the Winnebago County Association for Retarded Citizens, 1628 N. Main Oshkosh. ride will begin at 9 a.m.

Riders may participate until 4 p.m. There will be rest points every two or three miles along the route. Mars Restaurant on Sawyer Street is donating a free lunch for all participants. Lunch tickets will be given out along the route. The mute, which has been approved by Oshkosh police, according to Boucher, will be patrolled by C-B Club members.

Proceeds will be used for YARC programs and activities for the retarded. Additional information on the ride is available from Boucher at 233-6185. Lourdes Mrs. award, to be presented by Polly Zimmerman of Winneconne, is "in recognition of her contribution to the development of programs for the developmentally disabled." For 15 years, Mrs. Englund has been a board member of the Winnebago County Association for Retarded Citizens.

She is being honored "as a prime motivator and spokesman for the care of the retarded and the victims of developmental disabilities." She is a board member and chairman of Exceptional Persons. of Winnebago County; member of the County Board and vice chairman of its institutions committee; member of the Winnebagd Unified Health Board: member of the Curative Workshop and head of Community Giving for Social Services. Mrs. Englund has been instrumental in developing recreational and educational programs for exceptional persons, and in the establishment of residential care of the developmentallv disabled. Repine, who will receive his award from Dr.

Louis Graber of Oshkosh. is 31 and an assistant professor of internal medicine and a teacher at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1966 from the University of Wis- consm-Madison and his doctorate in 1971, from Minnesota. He interned at'UM Hospitals and began his residency in internal medicine in 1972. Since completing medical school.

Repine has finished two years of specialty training in internal medicine and two years of sub-specialty training in pulmonary and infectious disease. Repine has received several awards, including the Basil O'Connor Research Award from the National Foundation of the March of Dimes and the Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association. Reichert, who will receive his award from James Williamson of Oshkosh, recently returned to his home base in the'Catholic Diocese of Green Bay after working for the diocese in 1975-76 as a missionary in the Dominican Republic. As religious director of the diocese, Reichert helped write the Bay Plan, a religious education plan used throughout, the diocese and English-" speaking world. A holder of degrees from Notre Dame and Loyola Uni-" versity of.

Chicago, Reichert has taught at St Norbert College. De Pere. He co-founded the Academy of Religion. Green Bay, a training center for religion instructors. Married and the father of two.

Reichert has written several hooks and articles- He is a member of the editorial board of Living Light. Blood center fops quota For the second day. the blood center at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh exceeded its quota as 193 pints were collected Wednesday. Eugene Cole, blood program chairman for the Oshkosh Red Cross, said 202 sons went through the center in the basement of Scott Hall. The a daily quota of 189.

closes at 5 p.m. today. Henry Darrow, motion picture and TV star, is expected to arrive in Oshkosh Friday afternoon to begin filming for "Exit Dying." Welcoming ceremonies, to which the public is invited, are planned for Darrow's scheduled 4:25 p.m. arrival at Wittman Airport. i School's band i be on hand for the welcoming.

The public may also attend a reception for Darrow at 8 n.m. Friday at Pollock A i House, UW-O. Darrow is playing the lead in the UW-O made-for-TV i i through May 5. The film is mostly i a Theater, Oshkosh. Darrow plays the businessman who buys the theater, only to discover it is haunted.

Bob Jacobs, UW-O faculty member who is producing Marine scholarships Applications will be accepted i 15 for the NROTC Navy-Marine Corps Scholarship Program. For more information, current high school juniors may contact the local Marine recruiting office or write to U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station. Suite 590, 735 W. Wisconsin i a 53233.

Las Vegas and directing the film, commented about Darrow: "He is one of the most underrated actors in the business. He has a unique ability to actually become the character he's playing. A guy like Jack Nicholson gets an Oscar for playing Jack Nicholson. Darrow is more than Oscar a i a a craftsman who is totally dedicated to the art of acting. We couldn't have had a better person for our film." NWNL Salutes Byron L.

Murken, CLU Byron Murken, CLU Northwestern National Life talutts of its top riprMCfitativM--Byron L. Murken, CLU-- who led all other NWNL agents in Wisconsin in sales in 1975. His sales leadership reflects his continuing dedication toward serving the personal and business life and health insurance needs of present as well as new clients in the Oshkosh area. In 1975, Murken's production credit exceeded $3 million of new insurance, and on the basis of his sales leadership, was awarded membership in NWNL's select Golden Key Club. In addition to this honor, Murken also qualified in 1975 for the National Quality Award, the National Sales Achievement Award and the Million Dollar Round Table.

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