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Hold Screening In Eighth Grade During the month of January, McHenry Community High School District 156 will conduct its annual screening of current eighth grade students. This screening is an effort to idenfitify those students who will need extra educational and-or behavioral services if they are to succeed in a Jtigh school setting. The screening process will be conducted at McHenry Junior high, Parkland, Harrison and Montini Schools. The parents of students who have been identified for passible special services will be notified by mail that a referral for program service has occurred. . For more information, Dennis Welter, District 156 director of Special Programs, may be contacted at 385- 1145. Church Presents First Cantata Maranatha Assembly of God church will present its first Christmas can­ tata Sunday, Dec. 19, during cthe morning worship service. "Heaven Rejoices'.' By Ken Parker will be directed by recently appointed music director, Mrs. Lynn Fay. "This will be the first major production for our church choir", reports Pastor Larry. Thompson! "Hard work coupled with or­ chestrated tapes have resulted in a quality beyond my expectation. We expect this annointed musical to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ as effectively as preaching." Maranatha Assembly of God meets at 1309 Court street in McHenry. Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. Worship services are at 10:45 a.m. arid 6 p.m. Youth and children's ac­ tivities are available during the week. ' * 7 PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17.1982 * Prepare Fo/ Mothers Marci Keeping Cold Out LAMCOG guest speaker Mark Elmore explains how the new-concept pulse gas Iprnace cuts fuel bills. Winter's icy blasts probably won't diminish by next Monday's regular meeting of the Lake and McHenry Council of Governments. However, area residents can pick up lots of free tips on how to keep the cold out of their homes by attending the meeting. Mark Elmore, co-chairman of the McHenry County Energy Con­ servation association, will be guest speaker at the LAMCOG meeting, scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at the Island Lake Village hall on Route 176, just west of Roberts road in Island Lake: Elmore, a county architect, will discuss both public and private programs available to aid Wea residents in the weatherization of their homes. He will back up his presentation with a variety of how-to brochures and other resources. According to Elmore, "A 10- percent savings in home heating expenses is about as easy as getting out of bed in the morning, a 20-percent savings is possible by anyone with modest home-handyman skills, and a 30-percent savings can usually be achieved with the kind of cash outlay that can be paid for in just one year's reduced fuel bills." LAMCOG Chairman Joseph Longmeyer points out that a 30- percent savings on a typical $600 residential fuel bill adds up to about As chairman of the 1983 Mothers March on Birth Defects, Mrs. Sue Althoff will lead the drive in McHenry against the nation's most serious child health problem. This year's appeal will be held between Jan. 23 and Jan. 30, for the Northern Illinois chapter of the March of Dimes Birth Defects foundation. "We will need the cooperation of volunteers to carry out this important campaign," said Mrs. Althoff. "We hope to have 250 marchers cover the McHenry area. Programs of research, medical services, public and professional health education are major ways i which the March of Dimes is workini to prevent birth defects in loca communities and nationally as well! "We are very community minded,'$ Mrs. Althoff said. "Because birtty defects are far more widespread thar| many people might first think, thei Mothers March offers all of us aw opportunity to learn and to do something positive in battling this scourge of innocent children." For more details ajid information on how one can help prevfen!4)irth defects, and join the Mothers MaraT^^-ill 81$ 397-0097 $200. "And in today's economy, a $200 savings on heating costs is as good as money in the bank," Longmeyer says. In addition to providing advice and instruction on how home owners may letter weatherproof their homes, Elmore will discuss programs availabe from both Lake county and McHenry county agencies that assist residents in weatherizing their homes. Although his work with the McHenry County Energy Con­ servation association keeps him quite busy, Elmore is also a consultant on energy matters to the McHenry County Housing Authority. 1982 'A CHRISTMAS GlfT" BY THE SCHOOLED FAMILY It is Christmastimei A time of cheer. Looking ahead lo another ye*-" reflecting back on days of old, To precious memories A pot of gold. • A lime when compassion is firm and strong, When love echoes its peaceful song When tenderness weaves a delicate web Around the unkind words we ye said. When the hinges of kindness open the door Where undone labors are often store A time to share our many blessings. To learn the treasures of every testing, To see the beauty of dancing eyes, As each gift reveals l oves surprise What a pleasure this lime brings, As the bells of Christmas rings Opportunity's door opens wide; But, Oft' we fail to step inside To view the path, See where it leads, The privileges that are ours to seize A time to focus on the gift of giving. To experience the |oy of living, To lend a helping hand to all, And touch the hearts entrapped by walls We celebrate this special morn A day the gift of love was bom The day all needs of man were met, As God provided for sins debt He sen! His Son, For not |ust some, But, for whosever come He died that you and I might live and learn the lesson to forgive A time of warning it also brings, As the bells of Christmas ring with the greatest freedom ever voiced The freedom of liberty by choice _ The choosing of the path we take, The change and difference, our choice makes We fail to see with the naked eye the opportunties which pass us by. But whai the eye fails to see, A heart of love transmits to me So when you hear the carols sung and the bells of Christmas rung •Receive the greatest qift I know The "Gift of Life" which God bestows Then share it wnhyour dearest friend and trust the love which Christ transcends GOD BLESS, \ » A BIG CHRISTMAS BONUS It was Christmas Day and her little heart yearned for only one thing - to find her real daddy! As she'd been looking through the telephone book, her eyes fastened on the listing: "Finder of Missing Persons". Now, someway, she's mustered up the courage to make the phone call. Her little heart pounded loudly in her ears as the phone rang on the other end. What would she say to tfte i$i^*rian (well- ider, Bill Jones)? What would he care about a little girl's call - a little girl who had no money to pay for a fee. Would he sigh, "Oh, no, what a botheration on a holiday - Christmas Day, no less?" Would he say, "Sorry, little girl, I've just got too many other cases to handle - and cases with big money to gain?" As the "big" man picked up the phone and listened - his heart was touched. Here was one little girl - her only Christmas wish to find her real daddy! Christmas Day or no Christmas Day, Bill Jones took up the challenge like he'd neve/ taken on any assignment before. That very same day the little girl's father was found! But something just as great happened within the heir-finder's heart - the joy of having a part in helping a little girl's C h r i s t m a s d r e a m become real. That joy was valrth more than any accumulation of heir-finder's fees for a lifetime. This year may you receive the greatest Christmas bonus ever - simply because you found "Room in the inn" to make others happy. Poor Husbands Many a man is always on his toes because his wife is always on his heels. -Times. Davenport, la. MICRDWRVE CARTS P IZZA CRISPER, BACON RACKS, ROAST RACKS, AND MORE AVAILABLE LEE & RAY ELECTRIC 1005 N . FRONT ( S . RTE. 31 ) 385-0882 American Legion Post 491 RINGWOOD ROAD, McHENRY OPEN TQ THE PUBLK NEW FRIDAY FISH FRY i BEER BATTER Perch or Haddock.*... $3.00 Baked Haddotk $3.00 Stuffed Flounder $3.50 Shrimp (6) $4.25 Shrimp in a Basket (21) $4.00 Seafood Platter. $4.95 Chicken. $3.50 Hamburger $2.50* Butt Steak $4.95 All above orders served with home-cut frigs or baked potato, cole slaw, bread and buffer. 'Cheese Additional $.10 Childs portion available. 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