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V T tjt Page 21 - PLAINDEALER-HERALD. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8.1985 MOLLY MILLIGAN Your Home Decorator f'atyv Milliitan S vniiitaic Old Ridge field school is Ideation for MCC programs De#r Molly Milligan: Our big old kitchen is the heart of our home, where we gather to visit, iron, fold laundry, do homework, and of course, eat. We love this room but it's time to redecorate. I would like to make it look more like a social area and less like a kitchen. Any suggestions before the hammering starts? . „ Cafly, Elgin, IL * • % Dear Carly: How you decide to arrange your kitchen will depend on your lifestyle, as well as the space and money available. One way to make your kitchen a little more inviting is to think of it as a meeting room rather than just a work area. Here are a few ideas: • Bring furniture into your kitchen that is traditionally used in other rooms, favorite rocking chair, an antique desk or maybe even an upholstered piece. Anything that adds warmth and invites people to linger and visit. • Don't restrict your kitchen to typical kitchen-y wallpapers, colors or fabrics. Avoid wallpaper featuring spice racks, canisters and little wooden spoons. Opt for sophisticated, sassy or challenging schemes and patterns. Treat your cabinets as furniture and add accessories that give a personal style to your room. Replace traditional cabinet handles and drawer pulls with shiny brass or porcelain hardware. • Kitchens are often filled with too many hard, cold surfaces, such as plastic, tile and enamel and not enough fabric. Soften this look with tie-on fabric seat cushions for the dining chairs or benches. Select a fabric that is colorful, washable (cotton) and fun. You can even make place mats to match. Or add an area rug. A mock Oriental is an unexpected pleasure. The old school in Ridgefield, home of the McHenry County Jewish Congregation, will also be home this summer to several McHenry County College Community Education classes. Four English as a Second Language (ESL) classes will meet there on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., including Levels I, II, IV and VI. . v Two childreni's art classes will meet at the old school Tuesdays, beginning June 11 and ending July 16. From 2 to 3 p.m. those ages six and seven can draw and paint outdoors and discover nature's textures, colors and shapes. From 3 to 4 p.m. on the same day and dates, children ages eight to 11 can draw and paint outside, learning in the process to perceive the world around them with increased accuracy.- A seminar titled "Introduction to Stock Indexes" will be held Wednesday evenings from 8 to * 10 p.m. on June 5, 12 and 19. Included will be information on basic futures contract terms, future options and how they are traded, optimum positions, risk management applications and analyzing the charts and comparing Dow Jones In­ dustrial to Standard and Poor's. "Marketing Your Agricultural Product" is the title of a seminar series designed to aid the farmer in being more suc­ cessful and more solvent. It will be held Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16 and 23, from 8 to 10 p.m. Charting for profit, futures versus options anti survival in 1985 are subjects to be highlighted. ? Since the town of Ridgefield is an antique center, two seminars~ are being offered by one of the antique dealers located there. Learn how to choose antiques, use them at home, negotiate with dealers and about price guides during the seminar "Antique Country Furniture." It will be held Wednesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., June 12 through July 3. On July 7 the group will travel to the Kane County Flea Market, a large show featuring antiques of all kinds. That seminar will be followed by "Restoring Antique Wood Furniture" on Wednesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., July 10 through 31. Participants can learn how. stripping, staining and sealing all play roles in bringing wood back to its natural beaut>\ Telephone registration for these and other classes)and seminars listed in -JBICC's Summer Schedule can be completed by calling 455-6510 through Friday, May 10. After May 10 registration should be completed in person at the college, Route 14 and Lucas Road, Crystal Lake. The Registration Office is in room 140 of the Main Hall Building. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays until May 25 the office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. As of May 25 the office wUl close at noon. jrfcvA^an • Select non-traditional kitchen accessories and artwork>>A/landscape water color or bas-relief of grandpa will take on new dimensions when displayed in the kitchen instead of over the living room sofa. • if more extensive remodeling is the plan, enlarge work surfaces so several members of the family can easily cook at once. With an island work surface, many cao gather around to chop, slice and mince. • Kitchen lighting should be practical as well as beautiful. Again, look for the unexpected but functional. Track lighting with a dimmer provides a variety of intensities and can be aimed in specific work areas. • A woodburning fireplace will always attract a crowd. Arrange comfortable I seating around the fire. In the summer, fill with plants or fresh flowers. • If your kitchen is small or boxy, you can open up the area by knocking out a wall or two that separates the kitchen from the dining room or breakfast room to maktf one large socializing area. ? If you have a question for Your Home Decorator, send it along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Molly Milligan, P.O. Box 14, Dundee, IL 60118. Allow four weeks for a reply. Bill requires justification for assessment changes Unfinished and Finished Furniture Store siminm "28973 West Hwy 60073 815/344 Taxpayers who feel their tax assessment is incorrect would be able to present their case before the Board of Review, and hear the assessor's reasons for making that assessment, under legislation being sponsored in the Illinois House of Representatives by State Rep. Dick Klemm (R-63rd). "Recent^ in my district, vfe*" held a meeting of public of­ ficials, assessors and . tax­ payers," said Klemm. "One problem identified at that meeting was taxpayer frustration with the assessment process. The taxpayer feels they're in the dark when they try to appeal what they consider an unfair assessment. This bill sets up a procedure before the Board of Review, requiring the person who made the assessment to justify the change. At the same time, it gives the taxpayer a chance to explain to the board why he or she feels the assessment is wrong. Too often, review boards take the assessor's change at face value. This bill lets the taxpayer know how the assessor arrived at the assessment, and allows him or her to refute the reason." Under the bill, the person who made the assessment is required to substantiate that assessment and the complainant may present information on why the assessment is incorrect The bill has been sent to the House Revenue Committee for review. 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