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MERCHANDISE CLEARANCE CENTER Shadow" 500 Shadow PLAINDEALER The Jewish Family and Community Service (an affiliate of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago) will hold a six-week discussion group for parents with teenagers at its Northwest Suburban office in Arlington Heights. The discussion groups will be held Tuesday evenings beginning May 8. They will be led by Joan Margolis, M.A., JFCS family life educator. For information and registration, telephone: Joan Margolis (312) 255-4410. M C C C A T A L O G O U T L E T S T O R E M C C C A T A L O G O U T L E 1 S T O R E USE CASH, VISA, M.C. or OUR PURCHASING CARD HOURS: Sun. 10-3 Mon., Tues., Sat. 9-5 Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9-8 SALE DATES APRIL 25-MAY 1 -WHILE QUANTITIES LAST- Have vou visited our store in Wauconda? M C C C A T A L O G O U T L E T S T O R E M C C C A T A L O G O U T L E 1 S T O R E Harvey Brown (right) forces the eggs from the famale walleye pike into a bowl held by Dick Corey. The females were averaging about five pounds, with egg; the males about three pounds. Mother Nature gets a helping hand A hatching Jar contains thousands of walleye pike eggs. Fresh water is circulated continually to inhibit fungal growth. For the last 17 days, Illinois Department of Conservation (EDOC) employees at the Spring Grove hatchery have been giving Mother Nature a hand with walleye pike reproduction. Technically known as "stripping," biologist Harvey Brown and co-workers, Joe Ferencak and Dick Corey, relieved female and male pike of their eggs and sperm, mix the two and wait for the fry to hatch. Last Wednesday, the biologists had accumulated more than 12 million walleye pike eggs'. When the fry hatch, most will be returned to the various lakes and rivers of the Chain. Brown said most of the pike were from the 1978 stocking of the Chain O'Lakes. The females were averaging five pounds, with eggs, and the males were running about three pounds. The largest, Brown noted, was a nine-and-a-half pound female which yielded two quarts of eggs. Brown added that there are 125,000 eggs in a quart. Early in the morning, Brown and company would set gill nets on the various lakes in the Chain. The most productive lakes so far have been Channel Lake, Lake Katherine and Lake Marie, in Lake County. The stripping operation this year was particularly important for two reasons. First, natural reproduction of walleye pike will be limited because many of their natural spawning grounds, rocky areas, are exposed because of low water levels. Secondly, Corey commented there was a real fear of the state shutting down the hatchery operation. "That would mean driving the fish five hours to the middle of the state and the chance of them getting back to their 'home' lakes are slim," Corey said. "We are very excited with these results. We're showing we can do it. We're working now the the exotic fish-the walleye and the muskie." "If successful, we can push for more incubation equipment," Corey added. On this day, Brown forced the eggs and sperm from the respective fishes by running his fingers along their bellies. After mixing the eggs and sperm by hand, water and "Fullers Earth" are added to prevent eggs from adhering to one another. Then they are placed in tall hatching jars, in which fresh water is continually circulated to keep the eggs rolling. This maintains a fresh supply of oxygenated water and avoids fungus growth. Brown is the IDOC biologist for the district including McHenry County. Ferencak is the Lake-Cook district biologist and Corey is the assistant hatchery manager. Story and Photos by Anthony Oliver Joe Ferencak takes charge of the mixing of the eggs, prior to put­ ting them in the hatching jar. County working class uses mass transit infrequently, study indicates By Cliff Ward Plaindealer news service A recent study indicates that most commuters in McHenry County are not utilizing mass transit to travel to work, either locally or to Chicago. The study, published by the Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) and based on 1980 U.S. Census Bureau in­ formation, shows that only 300 of the 40,400 people who both live and work in McHenry County use mass transit to travel to their workplace. Emil Biedron, chief inventory analyst for the CATS, said the lack of transit use within the county could be indicative of several socio-economic or transit factors. "Evidently, you don't have much of a local bus service," he said only half-jokingly. However^the analyst said he did not wish to draw conclusions at this point, since CATS staffers are just now beginning to analyze the data. The information which will form the basis of CATS' con­ clusions was culled from the Urban Transportation Planning Package (UTPP), a service of the U.S. Census Bureau. * The first findings, published in "Transportation Facts," will be the basis for more in-depth analysis later, Biedron said. Despite the small utilization of intra-county mass transit, one- fifth of McHenry County residents who work in Cook County travel to their workplace via mass transit, according to the CATS study. UTPP figures state that of the 16,100 people who live in McHenry County but work in Cook County, 3,200 travel to work using mass transportation and 12,800 drive or carpool. In comparison, about one-fourth of those who live and work in Cook County travel to work by mass transit. The figure for Lake County residents who use the Regional Transportation Authority systems to reach workplaces in Cook County is about one-sixth, according to statistics. Rcgionwide, 74 percent of all trips to work are in autos and 18 percent are by mass transit, according to the study. CATS said more than 85 percent of the autos used for work only have one occupant. The study also showed that the number of people who both live and work in the county declined from 62 percent in 1970 to 59 percent in 1980. $rady jeweler A 5 3 N A Y E R S T R E E T H A R V A R D . I L •TONE SETTER JEWELRY REPAIR WATCH REPAIR WORK DONE ON PREMISES DAVID J BRADY J E W E L R Y D E S I G N E R 8 1 5 / 9 4 3 - 4 3 3 4 Special, Crafts Hand loomed rugs Scented sachets Ceramics -- , and many, many Antiques Larsons of Lodi Antiques and Hand Ciafts Hinckley Road Maple Park. II60151 Open Only 10 a m 6 p.m. Located: mi south of Rte. 38 mi north of Rte. 30 * mi. north of Perry Rd. 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