A HELPING PAWS ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 205*Crystol Lake. Illinois 60014 (815)459-2641 Illinois Preservation f '• v , "• - . • * Conference Set In County PAGE I • PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. APRIL 3*. 1B62 Special Education Class "Be Had to Animals" Week May 2-May 8 by Ms. Flo Klemm Thanks to the efforts of the American' Humane association, "Be Kind to Animals" week is the oldest, established, designated week on record, dating back to 1915. Each year, the first full week in May is celebrated as "Be Kind to Animals" week. Let's make a special effort to be kind to all living creatures, not only during "their week", but to continue acts of kindness toward animals. One very important way of being kind to your pets is to have them wear, at all times, an ID tag!! Helping Paws, in ob servance of BKA week, will have a 'tag day' in Crystal Lake, Saturday, May 8. To volunteer for this event, please call our office, 459- 2641. All pet adoptions must be validated by the signing of a contract along with the adoption fee which includes the cost of the spay or neuter surgery from a vet of HP's choice or a deduction from the cost of the surgery if done by a vet of your choice. When adopting a pet through Helping Paws, please^ for your future reference, keep name, ad dress, phone number of the person from whom you adopted pet, and adoption fee, by check, payable to Helping Paws. DOGS FOR ADOPTION Schnoodle, 4-year, silver- black female, good with pets. 455-4999. 338-0132. Five Australian Shepherd mix, 14-week puppies, good with children and pets, 455- 3473 after 6 p.m. Cocker mix, 5-year, brown-black male, shots, housebroken, neutered, good with pets and children, 312- 639-5593. Two 9-month Goldep Retriever-Malmute females, good with children. 312-639- 9496. Norwegian Elkhound 5- year black-grey male, shots, good with pets, children, outside dog. 459-1212. Collie-Labrador "7-year brown-white male, shots, housebroken, good with children, dogs. 312-639-5444. Seven 13-week Doberman mix puppies, 815-568-5656. Terrier mix, 1%-year, black-grey, short hair female, housebroken, out side dog, 455-4943 or 455-1530. Husky mix, 2-year, silver- white female, shots, spayed, housebroken, good with pets and children, 312-658-9428. CATS FOR ADOPTION Buff-white short hair, 5- month male, good with children and pets, 459-1348. Russian Blue, 3^-year male, neutered and 8-month short hair Calico female, 455- 4999, 338-0132. Grey-black-white Tabby young adult female, short hair, good with pets and children, shots, spayed, 459- 7682. Grey-white adult male; black-white adult male, neutered, shots, good with pets and children, 312-639- Brown-black Tabby females, shots, spayed, good with pets and adults, 312-639- 6603. Yellow Tabby adult female, shots, spayed, good with adults. 312-639-6603. Orange-white medium long hair 13-week male, 338- 1737 after 6 p.m. or 459-5000, extension 2310 days. Solid grey, 6-month, short hair female, good with children and pets, 338-2073. Grey, semi-long hair female, shots, spayed, good with children and pets, 344- FOUND DOGS Labrador mix adult, black female, medium size, medium hair, brown collar, Coventry, 459-9186. Young male Collie, black- brown, long hair, brown leather collar, long chain, Woodstock, 338-6303. Chihuahua adult, black- tan female, North Shore near Route 176, 455-2547. "Mini Collie" adult female, medium long hair, brown, very little white, long pointed nose, Lakewood near Village sign, 455-4992. LOST CATS Grey-black stripe 7-month female short hair, white and tan on stomach, Green street, McHenry. 385-8636. Grey-black stripe, large short hair, 10-year male, neutered, declawed, orange nose, flea collar, Woodlawn Park, McHenry, 385-6603. FOUND CAT White adult , large size, medium long hair, gold eye, blue eye. Ames Road off Route 31 near Flame and Hearth, 459-1245. Please call Animal Control when you find or lose a pet. They will not pick up pet unless you wish. They also have pets for adoption. Call 338-7040. Information on Helping Paws lost and found and adoption, call 459-2641. Lioness Club Fund Raiser On Saturday, May 1, the Island Lake Area Lioness club will be all over Island Lake to promote Caramel Corn day. Parts of the funds raised will be given to the Lions of Illinois Foundation to help support various programs for those with vision and hearing impairments. Parts of the funds will be kept locally to benefit the blind and the deaf. The club has set its goal for $1,000 for the days work. Quartz Family Meeting Focus The Hiawatha Gem and Mineral' society will meet Tuesday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Villa township hall, corner of Grand avenue and Fairfield road. A Slide program entitled, "The Quartz Family", will be presented by Carolyn Buittner, the vice-president. Anyone interested is in vited to the meeting at no charge. Refreshments will be served. The second annual Preservation Conference for Illinois will be held Anil 30 and May 1 in Woodstock. The conference is sponsored by the Landmarks Preser vation Council of Illinois and hosted by the city of Woodstock, known for its mid-Victorian architecture and for a number of restoration and adaptive use preservation projects. Workshops and seminar sessions will be held in the restored 1889 Woodstock Opera House, now the home of two community theater groups and a professional summer theater and in the Old Courthouse Inn within the former 1858 McHenry county courthouse. Tours of Woodstock and of McHenry county will be among the conference ac tivities as will a dinner followed by a performance of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Opera House. The subject to be ad dressed in conference sessions by preservation organizations and com missions will be methods for involving a community network of business, real estate and professional interests. Resources for public relations and com munity education will be discussed as well as the use of the new 1981 federal tax incentives for restoration and rehabilitation of com mercial areas. Representatives of the Illinois Film office and the Illinois Office of Tourism of the Department of Com merce and Community Affairs will be among the panelists presenting ways in which a community can capitalize on historic resources. The Illinois Department of Conservation and the Midwest Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation will also participate in the con ference. Of interest to municipalities will be workshops on drafting and improving local landmarks ordinances and on working effectively with the business community to promote preservation. The first Illinois Preservation conference was held last year at Campbell Center in Mt. Carroll, 111. The 1963 con ference is scheduled to be held in Jacksonville. T h e L a n d m a r k s Preservation Council of Illinois is a statewide citizens membership organization which works to preserve the character and vitality provided to Illinois' cities, towns and neigh borhoods by historic ar chitecture. Conference flyers and additional in formation are available from Carolyn Johnson at LPCI, 407 South Dearborn No. 970, Chicago 60605, (312) 922-1742. Students of the Special Education class at the Alliance church learn actions to a new song. Pictured, from left to right, are Lori Fish, Karen Zimmerman, teacher Calinda Leonard, Tim Ghera, teacher Jean Ghera, and Phyllis Roach. Teachers Jean and Howard Wenkel are not pictured. Wildflowers Focal Point For May Public Programs The woodland wildflowers of spring will be used as the focal point for a series of public programs sponsored by the McHenry County Conservation district in May. These free public programs will be conducted at various times by MCCD staff and volunteers in conservation sites around McHenry county. Trail walks to observe and learn about the spring wildflowers are scheduled for 1 p.m. Sundays, May 2 and May 9. The May 2 walk will be at Hickory Grove Conservation site, just west of the River Bend business in Cary. Leaders Fran Almquist and Dick and Ruth Barsanti will explain the "what?" and "why?" of showy blossoms beneath the open oak canopy of Hickory Grove. The May 9 walk at the Nippersink Canoe base on Rt. 12, just west of Fox Lake, will feature the floral con trasts between the upland forest and the lowland communities present on the site. MCCD Ranger Mike Bohne will conduct the program. Wildflower photography is often the "hook" that cat ches beginning wildflower enthusiasts. A three-part series of field programs on "Seeing photographs" in nature will be conducted by MCCD volunteer, Joyce Perbix. Color slide photography with 35 mm SLR cameras is the format she will demonstrate in these programs. llie first is at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 3, at Hickory Grove Conservation site. The second is at 5:30 Mon day, May 10, at Harrison Benwell Conservation site on McCullom Lake road. The final session will utilize morning light at Marengo Ridge Conservation site, 9 a.m. Saturday, May 22 (on Rt. 23, north of Marengo).' Participants should bring their camera equipment and be ready to shoot away at any flora which obliges. Finally, a Saturday morning wildflower walk is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 15 at Rush Creek Conservation site. MCCD ranger, Kitty Gora, and volunteer, Chris Rechten, will point out the wildflower species sup ported by the forests and streams of this popular area. Call MCCD at (815) 678- 4431 or (815) 338-1405 for detailed directions or further information. All of these programs are free and open to the public without any pre-registration. VFW, Auxiliary Will Observe Loyalty Day Loyalty day will be ob served May 1 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their Ladies auxiliary. May 1 was declared Loyalty day to combat Communism on the day the Communists parade their military strength. Men, women and childen throughout the country will be observing Loyalty day by marching in parades, flying their flags and celebrating their heritage as Americans. Sarah Oeffling, Loyalty day chairman of the Ladies auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4600, urges the citizens of McHenry to fly their * American flags May 1. Members of the Ladies auxiliary of McHenry will participate in a parade Sunday in Elgin, which is sponsored annually by V.F.W. Post No. 1307. A Special Education class has recently been added to the Sunday School program of the Alliance church, 3815 West Bull Valley road, in McHenry. Basic Bible truths, songs, and crafts are taught by adults experienced in working with handicapped children. One teacher is the mother of a handicapped child; two others are cer tified in Special Education and have taught in the public schools. The new class is held during the Sunday School WOTM Offer Scholarships The Women of the Moose, McHenry Chapter No. 1348, are offering two monetary scholarships to qualifying students. Any person who is currently enrolled in a medically related course of study (nursing, dental technician, etc.) or wilt begin a course of study in the coming term is eligible to apply. Interested parties should contact Mrs.. Rogers, counselor at McHenry West campus, 385-7077, for an application. Deadline for application to these scholarships is May 1. hour, from 9 :•45 to 10:45 a. m., and also during the late morning worship service, 11 to 12:15 p.m. Students may attend either or both programs. Children who are mentally handicapped and learning disabled attend the class at present. The church hopes to expand the program to meet other special needs of handicapped children. An open invitation is ex tended to children in the community to enroll and participate in the class. For more information, call the Alliance church at 385-1519. The McHenry Plaindealer Mil WmI ilm llrad (usn ns-200) Ett«bll»K*d 1071 McHenry. Illinois MOM PhoMtlS-105-0170 PuMltH«4 l**ry WMhiM^ay • Friday wt McHonry. Illlnoli i'tond Clou Poitaf* PAID AT McHwiry. Illinois by McHCMRY PUBLISHING COMPANY POtTMASTCR Sond oMross cKongos »o McHonry Ptolndftor Ml] W. Ilm St., McHonry. Illinois Suktcribon oro roqwottod to provido Immodloto nolko of chongo of oddross to Tho McHonry Plotndoolor. Mil W. Elm St.. McHonry. 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