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quilts on display To highlight the warmth of the holiday season the Gallery of the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles will display an intimate collection of Amish quilts to Jan. 14. "A Gallery of Amish Quilts" was gathered together over the past 10 years by Elizabeth and Carl Safanda during their visits to Amish communities in Penn­ sylvania and throughout the Midwest. The viewer, accustomed to traditional American quilts of flower-sprigged pat­ ches, will be astounded at the brilliance and boldness of these creations. Like con­ temporary abstract artists who have rediscovered the power of elementary forms, the Amish seamstress relied on the appeal of simple but striking geometric shapes in three or four colors. She then enriched her plain-pieced quilts with tiny precise stitches in many designs. The Norris Cultural Arts Center, on Dunham Road north of Route 64, is open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12 to 5 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 to 4. Admission is free of charge. For more information, call 584-7200. 11 L i i'J rA i I STERN DRIVES/INBQARDS Long on luxury... our cozy gown of Arnel® triacetate. Goes to great lengths for comfort, too, with one-size styling. In a myriad of dazzling jewel tones. Waltz length gown ,v $8 Mr. X Mrs trunk Maw, your ho\i\ The pM EXPRESS Sparkling treasures... fabulous fakes, in a collection of glittering stones, cubic zirconia, too All set in 14K gold electroplate. Scoop up a handful! ...good or ^country music \ and fun I >aturda>, 'j December 17 y 1 p.m.-I a.m. Brickyard. Ford City, Fox Valley Center, Gary Village, Goll Mill, Joliet I. Lakehurst, Lincoln Mall. Marquette Mall, North Riverside Park. Orland Squa Southlake Mall, Spring Hill Mall, Winston Plaza, Woodfield, Yorktown •»'VV«,/<,PKN I > A11. \ "V al * A.M. for > S_-VPjj^y BKKAKIAM Rl. 14 & 47 *338-3500 .Woodstock Closed Monda\ SECTION t - PAGE 8 - PI AINDEA1FR - WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1983 general Busy Bears aid • recycling Living gifts for family Perhaps the happiest gift any family could receive would be for Mother or Father to surprise the family by deciding to cut out any unhealthful practices that are shortening their lives or making them miserable to be around. This Christmas, why not give your family a living gift! They want you to be around for many years to come. If you have a smoking habit you'd really like to break for your family's sade, if not your own, look for ad­ vertisements for non-smoking programs, for nicotine with­ drawal clinics, etc. There are Five-Day Non- Smoking programs Which have really worked for hundreds who wished to stop smoking. If you have a drinking problem, give your family a gift this Christmas by looking up alcohol programs in your telephone directory a and give those people a a ring-they'll be happy to serve you! Maybe a weight problem is bogging you down; your doctor will be happy to get you on a program to help you lose those pounds that may be taking years of your life away. Have a merry Christmas by giving living gifts. On Saturday, Dec. 17, the Busy Bears 4-H Club, under the leadership of Ms.. Peggy Boggs, wilf be working at the McHenry County Defender recycling drive. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., they will be putting into practice their motto - to use their heads, hearts, hands and health as they help unload cars, sort glass, load paper into trucks and tend to the numerous details to make recycling a pleasant experience for all participants. The drive is held in the parking lot of the West Campus of McHenry Community High School, 4724 West Crystal Lake Road. During the past 12 months, the McHenry County Defenders and about 20 co-sponsoring organizations have handled an impressive amount of materials to be recycled. According to a Defender spokesman, recycling drives in McHenry alone collected 576,000 pounds of newspaper, 80,000 pounds of glass, 81,596 pounds of aluminum cans, and 1111 gallons of used motor oil. The public can help these organizations by bringing any of the above items to the drive instead of putting them out for the garbage man. Persons bringing 100 percent aluminum cans which have been crushed will be paid 33 cents per pound. For uncrushed cans they wUl receive 31 cents per pound. There must be no bi-metal cans in ttye mix. For further information about how your group can help in such an effort and thus share in the proceeds, contact a Defender representative at 385-8512. DID YOU KNOW? A H UMBER OF ITALIAN ARTISAN IVERE AMONG THE 20,000 WORKERS WHO BUILT THE TAJ MAHAL AT AGRA, IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIA. THIS 22-YEAR 1 V PROJECT, COMPLETED IN fV /6V0,/S "A DREAMJ IN MAB0LE " THAT flL SHAH JAHAN jt ORDERED, IN V1 MEMORY OF HIS 2nd l*"F£, IMTH± WHOM HE HAD I 14 OF HIS /6 -i CHILDREN. ONE OF THE SHAH'S SONS USURPED THE THRONE, JAILING HIS FATHER iH. YEARS. THE GUY ™5/MS/ INVENTED EAR Mi CHESTER GREENWOOD, OF FARMIHGTVN, M£> DID SO AT AGE IS. SECRET. MOHEY, MIGRATORY BlRDS FLY NORTH 70 SOUTH AND BACK. WHEN THEY VEER EAST OR WESTJJ THEY REST. THUS. JET L Gallery of Amish