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McCullom Lake Gerry Milbratz • 385-8543 Pollution Control Board Schedules Public Hearings Extend Circuit Breaker Deadline To Dec. 17 PAGE 19 • PLAINnEALER-WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1973 Beach Gals Enjoy Annual Christmas Party When the Beach Gals got together for their first annual Christmas party, they had a ball. Gals who attended were Elaine Gleeson, Kathy Zahn, Pat Milbratz, Barbara Caron, Dawn Miller, JoAnne W e i s e n b e r g e r , M a r y Tomasello, Karen Parks, Gerry Milbratz, Donna Gates, Jackie Raycraft, Kathy Regner, Lolly Rowe and Cindy Martini. The beach house was all decorated, and there were lots of goodies to eat and drink, including a delicious punch that Barb Caron made. Games were played, some quite active, and two winners, Kathy and JoAnne, got some highly original prizes. If prizes had been given when the Gals played Charades, Cindy and Karen would surely have won for their interpretations of "Hickory Dickory Dock," and "Jeopardy." Other games were a lot of fun, and played with much laughter, especially when Gerry sat on a chair, and it collapsed under her. Grab bag gifts were ex­ changed, and everyone received a lovely gift. Also, the cookie exchange turned out very well, with each lady taking home a variety of cookies when she left. The gals began leaving around 10 p.m.. some staying for another round of charades, and all agreeing it was a great party. VILLAGE HALL PROGRESS Drywall has been installed about halfway around the village hall so far, and plans were to have the rest finished over the last weekend. Masonite paneling will go over the drywall. A hall was con­ structed in the beach house providing access to the rest rooms from either the village hall or the beach house. The gas heaters have been put up, the gas is all hooked up, and electricity just has to be con­ nected to the heaters. DATE CORRECTION Sorry about the error in last week's column stating the kids Christmas party is the nineteenth. The correct datejs | Saturday, Dec. 22, at $ p^tn.' [ Also, since facilities are limited, attendance must be restricted to just children who live in the village. FLYING CLUB DINNER DANCE McCullom Lake was well represented at a dinner dance, Dec. 1, sponsored by the Woodstock flying club, of which John Kalapperich is a member. Some of the first to arrive at the dance were the Hansens, the Writes, the Carons, the Con- wavs, the Milbratz',and Mark Hansen, with his girl friend, Karen. They all sat at the same table along with others who arrived later. Including the Walters, Levesques, and the Nelsons. And Diane Bolger and Mary O'Brien with John and Eileen Klapperich. Jerry and Pat Lubben were there too, and the Jungs, with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, and George and Ann Dibble. Everyone enjoyed the dinner, and the entertainment which followed. Afterward there was dancing till late in the night. "OFF WE GO" Being present at the flying club dinner, I was one of the winners of an airplane ride, for up to three people. Since there are five in our family, there was some discussion as to who would go, and it was finally decided it would be me and our two oldest children, Don and Gloria. None of us had ever been in a plane, and I was quite apprehensive on the way to Gait airport, Sunday. At the airport, while waiting for the pilot, we looked over the dif­ ferent planes, and I didn't think I'd actually have the nerve to go in one of them. When the pilot came out, he took us to the plane we'd be in. Gloria sat in front, and Don and I were in back, we were buckled up and off we went, the kids calm, and nonchalant, me shaking. But to my surprise, after a short feeling of panic, when we got up real high, it wasn't bad at all. We went over Wonder Lake, then McCullom Lake, where the pilot said he could see the bottom of the Lake. Don and Gloria spotted the beach house, and our house right away, and then we picked out a lot of the villagers homes. Everything looked so nice, small, neat, and pretty. Our pilot was very pleasant, pointing out different places to us. He said we were 1,000 ft. above the ground, going about 90 miles per hour. Soon we were back at the airport, old pros now. On landing, we learned that Don, Sr., and Tommy had been talking to a woman iit the of­ fice, who said that since we were all together, the rest of the family should have a ride too. She had a two passenger plane. The Illinois Pollution Control board has scheduled public hearing in four communities to consider a new proposed regulation governing livestock feedlots. The proposed regulation was submitted to the Pollution Control board by an agriculture advisory committee which included representatives of livestock organizations and environmental groups. The committee was organized after the Pollution Control board tabled a first proposal last spring at the request of the Illinois En­ v i r o n m e n t a l P r o t e c t i o n agency. Chairman of the committee is Gilbert Fricke, a Petersburg farmer. Dates and locations of the hearings are: -Jan. 4, 9 a.m., Illinois building, Illinois state fairgrounds, Springfield. •: -Jan. 18, 9 a.m., McDonough County 4-H center, Rt. 136, one mile west of Macomb. -Jan. 30, 9 a.m., National Guard armory, Mount Vernon. -Feb. 6,9 a.m., Lee County 4- H center, Rt. 30, four miles north of Amboy. The new proposed regulation would directly affect, through a permit program, about 125 large feedlots in Illinois, ac­ cording to Jim Frank, agriculture advisor at the Illinois EPA. There are an estimated 40,000 feedlots in the state. "All feedlots causing air or water pollution are covered in the proposed regulation," Frank added. "The committee felt that any regulation should first focus on the big pollution problems," Frank said. Frank was a member of the committee. Under the new proposal, and as Don had been in planes before, he decided not to go. SO Tommy went alone with a different pilot.He enjoyed the ride very much. He couldn't find our house, but he did recognize the schools and churches in McHenry. For us, it was a really different way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and we'll always remember our first airplane ride. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY To Les and Phyllis Venable, who celebrate another year of wedded bliss Dec. 18. HAPPY BIRTHDAY . GREETINGS i TO Jariet Micffeals, *De€. 13,- and to Jim Mass, Dec. 16.. Robbie Muise will be five years old, Dec. 17, and Carrie Kurth has a birthday, Dec. 18. livestock producrs would be required to apply for a permit if their operation is a confined feeding facility that has con­ tained, for 30 days or more during the last year, 1,000 feeder cattle, 700 dairy cattle 2,500 swine, 10,000 sheep, 55,000 turkeys, 5,000 ducks, or 100,000 laying hens if the facility has continuous overflow watering or 30,000 laying hens if the facility has liquid manure handling systems. The proposed regulation also provides guidelines to assist producers in determing the amount of manure storage required for different sizes and types of animal feedlots. "The new regulation at­ tempts to control water and air pollution which might be caused by mismanagement of feedlots, "Frank said, "and at the same time insure that I l l i n o i s c a n m a i n t a i n a profitable livestock industry." The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has in­ dicated that federal permits will be required for livestock feedlots if state permit programs, such as the program being proposed, are not enacted. The Pollution Control board has the authority, after holding public hearings on the proposal, to modify the proposal and to enact the proposal into law. Anyone who wishes to testify at the public hearings will be able to do so, Frank said. Hearing officer for the Pollution Control board is Harold W. Hannah of Texaco. Dr. Russell T. Odell of Champaign, a member of the Pollution Control board, will attend all four hearings. Carolyn Haas Will Receive Degree At W.U. More than seventy master's and over 430 baccalaureate degrees are to be awarded Saturday, Dec. 15, when the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater holds its annual m i d - y e a r c o m m e n c e m e n t ceremonies at 2 p.m. in Williams center. Winners of baccalaureate degrees will include Carolyn Anne Haas, daughter of Mrs. Carl A. Weber, 1119 Man­ chester Mall, McHenry, and wife of Lonnie Haas, Rt. 1, Whitewater, bachelor of science in education. She majored in elementary education. Dr. Floyd L. Sandle, dean of the Dvision of General Studies HORNSBYS v* family centers - OPEN DAILY 9 til 9 SUNDAY 9 til 6 McHENRY MARKET PLACE, 4400 W. Rte. 120 & SATURDAY DEC. 15, & 22 1:00 to 4:00 SUNDAY, DEC. 16, & 23 1:00 to 4:00 An estimated 230,000 elderly families and 50,000 families with a totally disabled taxpayer or spouse can benefit from the Illinois "circuit breaker" property tax relief law which went into effect Jan. 1, notes Pat Sullivan, McHenry county Extension adviser, Home Economics. But this aid is available only if eligible citizens apply for it by Monday, Dec. 17, the final extended deadline. Ap­ plications are available by calling any Illinois Department of Revenue office (312 641-2159 in Chicago; 217 525-3336 in Springfield) or by writing the Illinois Department of Revenue, P.O. 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