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Mutt Puppy is When we last ileft the mutt puppy, it wa& a rather precocious ball of black fur. It was a beer-drinking, cigarette-eating Creature that Ate all the Brown Socks in Cleveland. Godzilla's Pet. Hie mutt puppy is growing up. While she is only 8 months old -- that's 5-years-old to you and me, according to Alpo- huckster Lome Green - it's going through its adolescence, those teen years that are so hard on children, parents ancJ pet owners. Tbeie are times when I'd like to put the mutt puppy on the school bus that stops by our house at7:45 a.m. and send her to high school. Or reform school. Or puppy heaven. Dick Peterson / For instance, there was the afternoon I came home for lunch and my soap opera only to find the mutt puppy had eaten a hole in the hallway wall. It was a disconcerting sight. I came home for dinner, and there were two more holes. Currently, there are four sections of wall that need major repair. It has gone beyond disconcerting. How is one to react in situations like that where major destruction has been done to your home? I'd expect something like that from a amateur house ransacker or professional demolition team, but not from a resident of the house, from someone that is considered a member of the family. So I did what any mutt puppy owner would do. I asked it why it ate the walls. "Why on earth ..." I'm not con­ vinced the mutt puppy understood the gravity of the situation. But, at least I wasn't sassed back. The mutt puppy was too happy to see me. Of course, it jumps when it sees anyone, another mutt puppy mannerism. I can empathize with Fred Flintstone and "Down, Dino! Down!" every time he came home from work. That's just a cartoon, however; this is real life. Now, I not only have to contend with the cursed coffee stains on my pants, but puppy paw prints, too. Needless to ^ .only bigger say, the mutt puppy has an instinct for finding mud. At one time the mutt puppy chewed on anything and everything within the reach of its mouth, no matter how many expensive little puppy toys it had. I figured it was teething and that it would eventually get over it. It has to a certain, small extent - as long as it has your undivided attention. The minute you don't pay attention, it grabs a newspaper, my boots or whatever and runs around the room with it. I know it knows it's not supposed to have it, and I know it doesn't want to chew on it. I also knows it just wants attention, which it usually gets because whether it wants to chew or not, it will. And when it gets tired, however infrequently that may be, it likes to sleep. Not on the floor, mind you. It's got to be on the couch, and not in the middle of it either; on one end or the other, preferably the left end. So I usually get stuck in the middle. I'm getting used to it. But, I hope it never comes down to fighting over the window seat in the car. I draw the line, there. Because the mutt puppy is growing up, we decided to leave it uncaged at night. We believed we could trust it. And that has been borne out. After the mutt puppy and I watch "All in the Family," I go to bed and it sleeps on the couch, thankful that it has the whole thing to itself. However, it still is an early riser. Between 6 and 6:30, it's ready to play again. Being that it isn't caged, it doesn't whine, a grating sound for the first thing in the morning. Now, it just noses around. Usually about my head. A cold nose and a puppy exhalation in your face first thing in the morning isn't grating, but it is strange. And the lesser of two evils. •Sb - •* e It seems like that is what we mutt puppy owners are left with : Deciding on the lesser of two evils. Should I let it chew on the wall or remodel the house with puppy-resistant materials? Should I let it shred the Sunday paper or throw the ball? Should the mutt puppy get the corner or I settle for the middle? Should I cage it at night and hear the whines in > the morning or just get licked in the face? The casual observer may contend the mutt puppy is being spoiled, plain and simple. Not true, I say. It likes to go for rides, for instance. But I have never given it the keys and a full tank of gas. Page 3 • PLAINDEALER HERALD. FR1DA%. DECEMBER 7.1*4 1 ^RSERvfcENAL DIRECTORY JACK WALSH. AGENT EARL R.WALSH. BROKER INSURANCE & BONDS W»«. Avto. Ftm, Rapnnnlliii MUAMICOMPAMCS Mil W. dm St . mtHrnnry NMNt DENNIS CONWAY AUTO. IW. MM State Farm Ins. Co. til* W llm Din). McMaftry. HI. Minn IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORY DR. LEONARD BOTTARI >r*t • C«mwi limn Olmw WWW Man . IVOT . Tfcvr, . frl.. 44p.m.. TW. M f t p m Mmm M* 4111 •> SM (Ml JAMES M.McINTEE, LAWYER AVAHAMI TO PtACTKI IN: hjwr/liMt. Iwhm C*rp*r«ti«na ^Wllh Pratd,. Piwrtt. InI / Warfcman't 14MW tlmSlrMl McH*nr,.M M* ifpi lwlm»wl pfccn* • MI-1440 McHENRY DENTAL CENTER DR. C.I. LUDFORD DR. 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If, after examining the surveys, committee members decide there is a need for a public airport, Mor­ ris said tht they will begin sear­ ching for potential sites. Later, they would determine the size of the proposed airport. (Continued from page 1) not want to live along a major thoroughfare. 'I don't think a house will be taerfc. If you force him to it residential, you prac­ tically deprive him of the property," Truckenbrod said. Golbeck commented that residents had "seen all the promises" before from petitioners, some of which were broken. ; "Adams is caught in a bad situation..! would not oppose B- 1 with a conditional use," Golbeck said. "I do object to Mathews. We don't need another ; used car lot. I'd rather see a professional office or a store." The ZBA dealt with the petition in two parts. The board voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the B-l commercial with a variation for the Adams parcel. Member Harry Semrow Jr., was absent. Concerning the Mathews- Stilling parcel, the board was split 2-4 against. Board mem­ bers Fred Kupstis and Donna Tobeck voted for the petition. James Fouse, Annie Cuda, Robert Jessup and Philip Coatar voted against. There will be no recommendation made to the city council on this petition. STATE BUDGET Comptroller Roland Burris reported a balance in the General Fund of $334 million at November's end. The total is a decrease of $45 million from October, but is $254 million higher than November, 1983. Local banks have stamps available As a service to the communi­ ty, both the McHenry State Bank and the First National Bank of McHenry will be sell­ ing Christmas stamps for anyone wishing to purchase stamps while banking, instead of making a special trip to the McHenry Post Office during this busy holiday season. 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