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J> per^u/540 GROUP, INC. P.O. BOX 143 McHiNIV. HI. MOM 815/385-1771 Defenders On Saving Host Discussion County Farmland PAGE9-PLAINDEALER-WKDNKSDAV OtTOHKK 5. 1*77 NEEDSHOME This little pup is just one of many needing a good home and a responsible owner. A good home where she will be wanted and appreciated. She is eager to please. She needs a responsible owner. One who will take care of her needs for proper food, water and shelter. A responsible owner who will not allow her to run loose to be hit by cars, to be abused and hurt by neighbors who hate dogs. A responsible owner who will make sure that she receives the proper medical care: yearly innoculation against rabies and distemper; heartworm test and preventative; occasionally make sure she is free of worms and parasites. A responsible owner who will make sure that she wears her rabies tag and an identification tag to insure her save return should she become lost. A responsible owner who will want to have her spayed in order to prevent more unwanted litters. These are the very basics of responsible dog ownership. Beyond the basics, she needs someone to love her, or at least treat her with kindness. In return she will give her unconditional love, loyalty and protection. She will be your best friend and best companion - in case your human "best friend" is too busy. Please call Pet Welfare at 385-1771 for more information on the pets listed here. If we do not have the type of pet you are looking for, then please call the Animal Control center in Woodstock 338-7040, for information on pets available for adoption. DOGS FOR ADOPTION Collie mix, male, 10 weeks, f tri color. Sheltie mix, spayed female, years, medium size, f housebroken. Poodles-Lhasa mix, female, IV2 years, dark gray, small, housebroken. Lab mix, male, 9 months, black medium length coat, all shots. - .i<~. St. Bernard, spayed female, neutered male, both 2 years, all shots. Coon hound, female, 11 months, black-tan. Newfoundland, male, 3 years, housebroken, all shots. German Shorthair Pointer, female, l1^ years, housebroken, all shots. Schnoodle. female, 1 year, medium size, all shots housebroken, good with children. English Setter-Lab mix, 10 weeks, 2 males, 4 females, white with black markings. Collie mix, male, 14 weeks, tan, almost housebroken, distemper shot. Boxer-Terrier mix, female, 13 weeks, tan, small, almost housebroken. Cocker Spaniel, male, 2 years, blonde, housebroken, distemper shot. American Water Spaniel, male, 10 months, chocolate brown, housebroken, all shots. Pointer mix puppies, 12 weeks, male-female, will be medium. Cocker Spaniel, male, 4 years, gold color, housebroken, all shots. Shepherd-Collie, male, 1 year, good with children, all shots. Terrier mix, spayed female, 2 years, housebroken, all shots, good with children. Pomeranian, female, very small, rust color, 2 years, all shots. Cocker Spaniel mix, male, 1% years, white with tan markings, housebroken, good with cnudren. Cockapoo pups, male, 12 weeks, black, will be medium size. Shepherd mix, female, 1 year, medium size, all shots, housebroken, good with children. Golden Retriever mix, neutered male, 1 year, light beige, medium size, all shots. CATS FOR ADOPTION Sealpoint Siamese, two spayed, declawed females, young adults. Siamese mix, neutered, declawed male. Tortoiseshell, female, young adult, small. ' Medium hair, beige-white neutered male, 1 year, all shots. Short hair, orange-white, neutered male, 1 year. "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." -Mark Twain Because prime farmland has been shrinking at a rate of about 6,000 acres annually since 1967, the McHenry County Defenders recently sponsored discussion on "How to Save Our Vanishing Farmland" in the Woodstock Opera house. Representatives of most of the county agencies concerned with land use, several city and county officials, and many unaffiliated private citizens took part in the conference, either as panel members from the stage or as questioners from the audience. The meeting was mediated by Jan Chinlund, executive committee member of the McHenry County Defenders." She first introduced Judy MacDonald, land use chairman of the Crystal Lake-Cary League of Women Voters, who spoke briefly on methods of achieving political objectives. "If you want to save the farmland," she summarized, tell it to a county board member ." Mrs. Chinlund then introduced the panel members who outlined the several phases of the land use problems they or their organizations are considering. Steve Aradas, nationally known authority on land problems and director of the McHenry county Planning commission, set the perspective for the discussion, stating that the zoning board of appeals, as of now, lacks the tools to do its work properly. To save our farmlands, he said, we need (first) a land use program reflecting the desires of all of the citizens of the county, (second) a zoning ordinance that is up to date for our needs, and (third) a Zoning board that will say, "No." With these tools, and the continuous input of individual citizens at every ZBA and land use planning meeting, satisfactory progress will result, Aradas said, "but it will take time, devotion, and .hard work." Jim Johnson, Walworth (Wis.) county planner, was invited to the podium. He commented that the successful methods used there would .probably be effective in McHenry county because the two counties are similar in many ways. Johnson then gave a "before and after" slide presentation showing the problems encountered, methods of analysis to determine suitable land use, and methods used to obtain present results by using zoning, sanitary, and other codes and controls. He also remarked that the process required seven years and 550 meetings to complete. He placed special emphasis on the preservation of water resources in the "wet lands" of both counties. Lou Anne Majewski, from Algonquin, chairman of the county board land use We welcome, Barbara Walters to our sales staff. Barbara has been a resident of McHenry for seven years and is a mother of three. She is a part time hostess at An­ dres Steak House in Rich­ mond and was formerly em­ ployed iri sales. OVERTON Barbara Walters RTES. 311120 McHKNRY 385-6000 PONTIAC Lossmann's Meats, fish & OHi 5000 W. ROUTE 120, McHENRY, ILL tout v qwun_' 385-3401 We Accept Food Stamps Mon. thru Sat. 9:00 tp 6:30 Fri. 9:00 to 8:00 Sun. 9:00 to 5 30 ONCE YOU'VE TASTED PRIME... 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The ordinance was described as a tool to guide, but not necessarily to limit, growth in McHenry county (in which the population is expected to double in the next century) and at the same time to prevent the further loss of prime farming lands. Areas adjacent to existing cities could be designated for future growth where city services would be readily available. Larry Harris, McHenry county Farm bureau manager, explained the Feb. 15 resolution of his organization, which also favored controlling subdivision of prime farmlands into parcels of less than thirty- five acres without a zoning board hearing. Many areas are suitable for other kinds of development, he noted, but arable lands "must be preserved." He further explained that the Farm bureau resolution was not a "no growth" proposal and that the proposed zoning plans would not change * ownership transactions now in existence. David Ladd, a builder- developer from Crystal Lake, emphasizing that he spoke for himself and not as a representative of any organization, stated that he, too, feels that the preservation of prime farmlands is imperative. He then went on to discuss the problems as seen by one in his business, and the advantages of building to a c c o m m o d a t e f u t u r e conditions, providing such development is to be done in the many available areas suitable for building but not for agriculture. It is also imperative, Ladd warned, that the zoning proposals be made flexible enough to allow for future changes in the make-up of the population of the county. Jim Nor, a farmer with holdings between Hebron and R i c h m o n d , w a s t h e f i n a l speaker from the panel. He commented that a farm must be "fairly sizeable, several times the thirty-five acre parcel mentioned in the coming zoning ordinance, to be economically practical. Most of the land purchases today, he observed, are by speculators, Avery little by farmers," and wherever prime farms have been bought up and sold in five or ten acre parcels for "'rural residential" occupancy, that land is almost completely lo^t to agricultural production. Record Breaker Tax collections by the Illinois Department of Revenue in Fiscal Year 1977 topped $5 "^billion for the first time in state history, according to figures reported by the department. Total collections, including local taxes collected for Illinois communities by the d e p a r t m e n t , t o t a l e d $5,357,967,666 in FY 1977 which ended June 30. The revenues were generated by twenty- seven state revenue laws administered by the department, the state's chief tax collecting agency. The amount was about 10 percent higher than FY '76 collections. The state's income tax, which brought in nearly $2 billion, was the largest single revenue producer. MUSICAL PRODUCTION - Ethel Toffelmier (Lois Nowrocki) and Marcellue Washburn (Dave Schuler) are sweet on each other in the Townsquare Player's production of 'The Music Man' coming to the Woodstock Opera House stage the last three weekends in October. For information on purchasing tickets call the Opera House, 338-4212. Group rates available through the Opera House. Student Loans Legislation designed to increase the dollars available for student loans from Illinois lending institutions was signed Sept: 21 by Gov. James Thompson. HB 1789 creates the Illinois Designated Account Purchase program (IDAPP) which, Thompson said, is intended to provide a "creative new partnership" between state government and commercial lenders. IDAPP will take over problem student loans, giving banks an incentive to increase the number of such loans in the future. Sponsors of the bill were Rep. Giddy Dyer, Hinsdale and Sen. Terry Bruce, Olney. 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