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Christmas Raisin Stolien... A Festive Holiday Offering MCC Music Department Expands PAGE 5 - PLAINDE ALER-FRID AY. DECEMBER 10. 1976 Throughout the holiday season, delicious homemade treats are always in demand. For a traditional European bread, try this recipe for Christmas Raisin Stolien. Golden seedless raisins and candied cherries jewel this rich, aromatic yeast bread. And as with all baked goods, raisins make the stolien particularly moist and keep the bread fresh tasting. Christmas Raisin Stolien is handsome on the table and at­ tractive as a gift. Perfect for breakfast, brunch or coffee cake, buttered slices of this festive raisin bread will delight your family and friends. Last school year eight McHenry County college students formed a jazz band in their spare time. This year the jazz band is a credit course at MCC and is beginning to make public appearances at college and community events. The growth of the jazz band is just one expansion in .MCC's music department which is offering new courses this year for music students. Two new courses in music theory, a masterpieces of music course offered in the evening for the first time, a new voice course in the adult education program and a new daytime MCC chorus are all part of Margaret Griffith's dream, of seeing a more complete music program at MCC. The chorus gave the first concert Dec. 5 at St. Thomas church, Crystal Lake. A 'one-woman department' for six years, Mrs. Griffith is excited about the new course offerings and new instructors. She envisions more bands and ensembles in the college's future. "I'm looking forward to a symphony," she said with a smile. Mrs. Griffith is spending more of her time this year planning the future of the music department. "You water the plants and finally they begin to grow," she said. "The ex­ panded music program is a result of county residents participation in existing programs. This is an extremely talented county." A twenty-year resident of the McHenry county area, Mrs. Griffith has been directing and teaching choruses and in­ strumental groups for forty- three years. Other teachers in the MCC music department. who are involved in the ex­ panded program this year include Judy Williamson who directs the daytime and evening MCC choruses and teaches music theory, and Samuel Winters III, who directs the jazz band and teaches guitar. According to Mrs. Griffith, the other faculty members give local music students a more diverse background since each of the instructors specialize in different areas of music. "The new jazz band and daytime chorus are im­ portant," she said, "because they give students a chance to play or sing as a group, the striving for perfection is the fun." The jazz band gave its first concert for MCC students in November in the college student union. Winters said in the future he envisions more concerts on campus as well as the group participating in band festivals and playing at MCC basketball games. The new daytime MCC chorus is also preparing to perform for community groups and at the college. "The twelve-member jazz band needs additional musicians to bring it up to the seventeen or eighteen mem­ bers who usually make up a jazz band," said Winters. "The group plays contemporary jazz. Any instrument can be worked into the jazz band format. Even a violin would fit in," he explained adding he can write parts for instruments not originally included in the arrangement. Currently the band has musicians who play percussion instruments and drums, guitar, bass, saxophones, trumpets, piano, French horn, clarinet and flute. TRAVEL by 8 REINDEER? No, Not Really BUT A TRAVEL GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR CHRISTMAS! Perfect for those hard to buy for loved ones on your list. Applied toward any CRUISE, TOUR, AIRLINE or AMTRAK tickets. A Trip will be cherished and remem­ bered forever. 385-7500 CHAIN 0 LAKES S 3405 W. Elm St McHenry CHRISTMAS RAISIN STOLLEN 1 package active dry yeast 1 beaten egg 2'/'i cups sifted flour y, cup golden seedless raisins */i cup quartered candied cherries Melted butter Glaze (recipe follows) Vi cup milk '/» cup sugar Vt cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated orange peel Vt teaspoon cardamom Vt cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F.) Scald milk; stir in sugar, shortening, salt, orange peel and" cardamom. Cool to lukewarm. Measure warm water into warm bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved. Stir in lukewarm milk mixture, egg and 1M> cups flour. Beat until smooth. Add raisins, cherries and remaining flour. Mix to moderately stiff dough. Cover and let rise in warm place about IV* hours until doubled in bulk. Punch down. Divide into thirds. Shape each third into 15-inch rope. Place on greased baking sheet and bratiK together loosely, pinching ends flrmly together to seal. Brush with melted butter and let rise about 45 minutes until doubled. Bake in 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes, until browned. Brush again with butter. Cool slightly, then spread Glaze over top. Decorate with halved candied cherries, sliced almonds and raisins as desired. Makes 1 stolien. GLAZfc: Combine 1V* cups sifted powdered sugar, hi teaspoon vanilla and 3 to 4 teaspoons hot water. _ Healing the lnfirmed Woman h ART, BY GEORGE...Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradley of Palm Springs, Calif., ponder a portrait of the nation's first president at one of the desert resort's art galleries. The painting, titled "To Our Health," is by satirical artist Eugene Dobbs. W And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity. And he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. St. Luke 13:11-13 QUALITY, and .. PRIDE PROFESSIONAL DOG. how your dog should look! We specialize in mutt cuts. CALL after 344-2916 4:00 P.M. PUBLIC PULSE (The Piaindealer invites the public to use this co­ lumn as an expression of "their views on subjects of general interest in our co­ mmunity. Our only request 'is that the writers give - signature, full address and phone number. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we con­ sider libelous or in objec- tlonal taste.) SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS "Editor: "The McHenry Classroom Teachers' association of Elementary School District No. 15, including Hilltop, Landmark, Edgebrook, Valley View, Parkland Junior high, and McHenry Junior high, wish to inform the public that negotiations for the 1976-77 school year are still at impasse. "This condition of impasse exists due to the board of education's failure to negotiate a satisfactory settlement and failure to recognize various inconsistencies which exist between McHenry District 156 and McHenry District 15. We are teachers with equal professional education and experience in our fields. We are asking to be treated on an equal basis. "To illustrate some of the inconsistencies we have listed above a sampling of the 1976-77 salary settlement for McHenry High School District 156 and McHenry Elementary School District 15's present( 1975-76) contract. The Veterans administrator has major expansion progra under way at four na cemeteries. "Third Year with a Bachelor's Degree "Third Year with a Master's Degree "Sixth Year with a B. A.- "Sixth Year with a M. A^., . "Ninth Year with a B. A. "Ninth Year with a M. A'. "Twelfth Year with a B.A. "Twelfth Year with a M. A. "Highest Possible Salary "Inconsistencies also exist in the form of stipends allotted for extra-curricular activities. The high school district's _ allotments'range from $200 to $1,200, while the Elementarily district's allotments*, range from $150 to $450. "We, as teachers in lilfcHenry^ elementary District 1{^ feel ' that an 8.6 percent increase is a reasonable amount to pay for quality education. Teachers in McHenry Elementary District . ~ No. 15 are responsibly for educating your chiMren in their formative years. Proficieqpy in basic skills such as reading, writing, and computation will determine your children's success for the rest of their lives. "McHenry Classroom Teachers Association of District 15 "Greg Lofgren, vice-president" McHenry High. School DistjBct 156 $10,855 $12,233 $12,334 $13,712 $13,814 $15,192 $15,294 $16,672 $20,026 McHenry Elementary District 15 $ 9,953 $10,816 $11,301 $12,273 $12,476 $13,542 $13,651 $14,811 $16,842 DIFFERENCE $ 902 $1,417 $1,033 $1,439 $1,338 $1,650 $1,643 $1,861 $3,184 In years which precede leap years, the summer and winter solstices occur.on June 22 and December 22. At Christmas, Swiss youths may visit nine fountains on their way to midnight church services, and take three sips of water from each, according to World Book Encyclopedia. Legend says that if they do this, they will find their fu­ ture spouse waiting at the door of the church. The first pole vaulter tj clear the bar at 15 feet was Cornelius Warmerdam/on April ,13, 1940, in Berkeley, California. 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