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Page 4 - PLAINDEALER-HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,1985 Singers open new season Dedicated to a theme that places the Musical Spotlight on women, the McHenry Choral Club will begin 1915 rehearsals Monday evening, Jan. 14. The program will be presented the first weekend in May. Many of the heroines of song through the years will be paid apodal tribute from the early suf­ fragettes to modern day ladies of fecial note. Given particular at­ tention will be Maria of "Sound of Music" fame and Violetta, leading lady in "La Traviata." The SS-voice chorus will welcome new members next Mon­ day. There are openings for all voices over high school age. . Rehearsals are held Monday evenings from 8 to 10 p.m. in East Campus High School music room. Diabetes group meets on Moiiclay The discussion group for adults with diabetes is scheduled for a meeting on Monday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Ambutal, 4900 S. Route SI. The group meets every other month, for people with diabetes and family members, to share common concerns and problems. Call group leader Kathy Kruse from 7 to 9 p.m. weekdays at (815) 459-7502 for further infhrrwy ̂ The group is sponsored by the Western Lake-McHenry County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. Language enrichment class starts ̂ Language enrichment began Jan. 8 for children three to five years of age at the Easter Seal Therapy Center, 708 Washington, Woodstock. Classes will be held Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9 a.m. to 10 am. The program is designed to provide children with experiences that. will en­ courage growth of excessive and receptive language Group activities with thrde to five children per group nave been created to stimulate overall language growti Classes will be taught by a speech pathologist. Speech pathologist Lori Schairer stressed the im­ portance of a language enrich­ ment program for children. "Since all of a child's learning is based on his language skills, he may have problems learning if these skills are not properly developed." Parents may enroll their children by calling Easter Seals 8-1707. If an ad- class is needed, one will 5ed. the program is $27.50 each month. AGENTORANGE Follow the leader As the ice moves down the Fox River, McHenry's duck population will have to find new sources of food and water. Tamed by years HARD TIMES- "asked for their life history" as the government did. "My little boy hardly has any clothes at all but they (FISH) gave him a couple of pairs of Jeans and some flannel shirt- s," Nancy said. The generous offerings made by the area organizations helped the Williams family struggle through that tough period in their lives late last year, and today their situation is stable and improving. However, it is still a difficult life for John and Nancy, balancing their heavy workload with raising their three children. Although they live in a fairly nice apartment complex where, they say," people live high," the Phone state winter rp ad Travelers who would like to check winter road conditions on the tollroads may do so by using any one of several telephone lines now working through the minds State Police. . Recorded messages tell road and ramp conditions on the tollroad system. The message is changed as conditions change, and will alert callers to winter driving conditions such as road closures, snow and ice covered roadways and trailer bans. The statewide listing of high­ way condition phone lines is as follows: -District 1, Sterling, (815) 625- 8015. -District 2, Elgin, (312) 742- 7842. Hwtfd plate krAattMyOllmr of feeding, these ducks have lost the instinct to fly south and depend on human generosity for survival. (Continued from p*g*l) before Weinstein, vet John Sorensen said, "We knew it was coining." "We were bought off," Sorensen, president of McHenry County VietNow, said of the deicsion. Despite being awarded the largest settlement in U.S. legal history, "$180 million is not going to cover all the people affected," said Sorenson, who personally has spent $20,000 on medical problems he believes were caused by exposure to Agent Orange. "($180 million is) just a drop in the bucket," he said. Though no procedure has been worked out for distributing the remainder of the funds to veterans, Weinstein said he has been persuaded that "a viable plan for distribution of the fund is possible." The fund has already earned about $15 million in interest, the judge said, adding that the award to attorneys thus leaves the settlement "unimpaired." The fee award was far less than the estimated $40 million that was being sought by scores of lawyers who filed Agent Orange suits in courts throughout the country begin­ ning in 1978. The suits were eventually consolidated into the class- action case before Weinstein, who allowed attorneys to collect only for work that was of benefit to the entire class, rather than to individual clients. Most of the fee award went to members of the Plaintiffs' Management Committee, a group of nine law firms that took over the case in mid-1983 and prepared to go to trial. The committee was seeking $26 million. Vets are saying, however, the. fight is not over, and they are considering further legal action. , Sorensen is taking the battle to ', the airwaves by making an' appearance on the cable TV program "Your Chance to. Live." The program, hosted by: McHenry County Emergency; Services and Disaster Agency Director John Shay, will eir Jan. ̂ 17 and 24 at 6 p.m. on Lakes Cablevison Channel 3. JAZZ EXERCISE An Adult Jazz Exercise class, is now being held on Monday evenings at Parkland Junior High School. The class begins at 8 run for 10 weeks. park department (Continued from p*B* 1) Williams' consider treating their children to dinner at a local fast-food restaurant as one of their greatest affordable pleasures. In addition, most of their neighbors are older and don't appreciate the young couple's old cars or "beaters" parked outside their apartment. But John and Nancy Williams are used to living their lives with outside disapproval. John quit school in Kentucky when he was 16-years-old, and "went through a lot" to marry Nancy a year later. Since the marital bond, he's worked in numerous fac­ tories, a restaurant and two gas stations. He has been collecting a paycheck since he was 14- police for conditions T -District 3, North Cook Cddllty, (312) 283-6204. -District 4, South Cook County, (312) 385-3770. -District 5, Joliet, (815) 727- 5471. -District 6, Pontiac, (815) 842- 4346. -District 7, East Moline, (309): 755-7011. -District 8, Metamora, (309) 383-4334. I -District 9, Springfield, (217) 782-5730. > -District 10, Pesotum (Champaign), (217) 352-6705. Travelers can call (312) 323- 11111 to receive a recorded {message about road and ramp conditions for the entire tollroad system. NEW COUNCIL Illinois Attorney General Neil F. Hartigan has announced creation of an Agricultural Law Advisory Council to advise the Attorney General on legal problems facing the agricultural community in Illinois. Hie 42- member council is made up of Individual farmers, represen­ tatives of the agri-business community, leaders of farm associations and state and local governmental leaders. J & M TRANSMISSIONS, INC. AND AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTIES TAKE YOUR FRONT WHEEL DRIVE PROBLEMS TO THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW! FRONT WHEEL DRIVE SERVICE SPECIAL j:S $24" y* GASKET fcT 4207 Wilmot Rd., Sunnyside, IL 385-9133 or 385-9134 " S h i f t i n g G e a r s T o w a r d W i n t e r " years-old, and currently works as a manager at a local gas station. "People, friends tell me, 'you're not 22, you're 35 or 40 because you've got a head on you like an old man,"'John said. "I don't like to go to parties or do a lot of the things young guys my age do. Like I said before, I'd work aH the time if I didn't have kids." . like all young adults, and Nancy do have their dreams. Nancy would like to have their old home back, and John would like to tirain and become a mechanic someday. '"But to get there, you look in the paper-it's experience," be said. "It's experience. It's not give this guy a job because he's a good worker." "I wish it was to the point that she didn't have to work," John said. "But unless you're a computer operator, an engineer or a big man, you're nothing." Still reclining in his chair, John gets last minute in­ structions from Nancy about taking care of the children before she leaves for work. A game show is now being broadcaston the TV screen. The baby is asleep, the two-year-old rocks in a special seat swing and the four-yeaptrid amuses heraelf by hopping around the room. Still looking very tired, John adjusts his Cub baseball cap and makes a final reflection. "To be honest, we don't eqjoy life like we would like to right now," he says. "But we're malring g living." Medicare Notice Persons with Medicare cwtHgi are now eligible for 100% paM benefits. You may be tH^bte for surgicsi and routine foot csre with no ' out-of-pocket expenses. Bunions, corns, calluses, . ingrown toenails snd other [. foot problems csn be corrected under this new Medicare program. For mora information call today A FOOT SPECIALIST DR. MARTIN MARKS 1311N*. Green, McHenry 37 McHenry Ave. Crystal Lake 3SS-S669 WHY PAY LIFE INSURANCE ALL YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TOO? MOST PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE TO PAY PREMIUMS TO KEEP YOUR INSURANCE IN FORCE. WELL NOT ANYMORE. 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