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PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER -! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, _l»77 Delta Kappa Gamma Initiates New Season Alpha Theta chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an in­ t e r n a t i o n a l h o n o r a r y organization of women educators, held its first meeting of the current school year last week at Central school, Harvard. Members attended from the various corners of McHenry county. The membership devoted this first meeting to committee reports and to workshops organizing and planning the program of work and activities for the year. Many committees had met and worked throughout the summer in preparation for the 1977-78 year. The chapter yearbooks were also distributed at this meeting. The international theme of the 1977-78 program year is "Positive Leadership for Purposeful Action, Focus From Challenge to Achievement." Since Illinois will host the International convention of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International in Chicago from July 23-30, Alpha Theta chapter looks forward to a particularly exciting and rewarding year. Officers of the chapter are Miss Janet Vierke, president; Mrs. Ferol Tomlinson of McHenry, first vice president; Mrs. Catherine Smith, second vice president; Mrs. Sue An­ derson, recording secretary; Mrs. Carrie Hage, cor­ responding secretary; Mrs. Nancy Tober, "treasurer; and Mrs. Catherine Kohrt, parliamentarian. Hostesses for the October meeting were Maxlhi Babington, Mary Baechle, Hazel Barrett, Ruth Dooley, Carrie Hage, Florence Knox, Lucille Maguire, Kae Martin, Margaret Nienstedt, Kathy Robson and Lauretta Scott. The next meeting will be held Nov. 5 at the Crystal Lake Country club, at which time the chapter will be honored to have a representative of the state office oresent Falls Hurt According to the National Safety Council, falling accidents rank second, behind traffic ac­ cidents, as a cause of accidental deaths and injuries in this coun­ try. Of all work-related injuries, falls account for about 20 per cent of the accidents. Tests show that leather is the least slip-resistant material on dry floor surfaces and only slightly more slip- resistant on wet surfaces. Solid neoprene ranks tops as the best overall slip-resistant sol<T ma­ terial. Sports Calendar Fall sports at McHem*y include boys football, golf, and cross country, and girls volleyball, tennis, and field hockey. Fall sports at Marian Central include boys golf, football, and cross country, and girls volleyball and tennis. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 McHenry Tennis: home to Marian Central, 4:30 p.m. start. Field Hockey: at Lake Forest, 4:30 p.m. start. Marian Tennis: at McHenry, 4:30 p.m. start. Golf: at Harvard, 3:30 p.m. start. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13 McHenry X-Country: at Libertyville, 4:30 p.m. start. Tennis: at Mundelein, 4:30 p.m. start. Volleyball: home to Woodstock, 4:30 p.m. start. Golf: home to District tournament, starting time unknown. Marian X-Country: at Immaculate Conception, 4 p.m. start. Golf: district tournament, location, starting time unknown. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14 McHenry Football: home to Zion-Benton, varsity 8 p.m. start, sophomores 6 p.m. start. Marian Tennis: at West Suburbw. Catltolic ecpference tournament. ^ " ' • h.-VMi h - FRIDAY NIIE - AfSPM ALASKAN KING CRAB LEGS *5" BREADED SCALLOPS iW/Cocktail Sauce *4" TWIN FILET MIGN0N pith Onion Rinp $J50 $450 KEPflitu _ PERCH W/TirtuSwtiJjSO r™ | Senior Hot Line { 71: NDINE SEOUL. NEW YORK SIRLOIN STEAK 4 - SATURDAY A SUNDAY - AT S Mi SAT.. 3 P* MM. •ROILED RAINBOW TROUT ALM0NDINE *4" SPECIAL i< NEW YORK SIRLOIN TWIN FILET MIGN0N with Onion Rincs PRIME RIB of BEEF All Jus $£75 ALASKAN KING CRAB LEGS *5M $750 STEAK & FRIED SHRIMP *575 BREADED SCALLOPS W/C0CKTAIL SAUCE $475 vm (Written under the auspices of Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal) Considering the ratio of senior citizens to the rest of the population, a national statistic that states that 14 percent of the crimes in the country involved the elderly as victims, brings into focus a situation that is alarming if not intolerable. Seniors who think ahead and work with the police depart­ ment in crime prevention can help lower that ratio. Officers Nick Gramc and Bill Whitney of the Belleville Police department made some very helpful suggestions. Purse snatchers and pick­ pockets can be outsmarted. When in a crowd, move your wallet to an inside pocket, dutch you handbag close to you Cooperate with your banker. Have your Social Security check deposited directly into your checking account; it is safer. Do not withdraw your savings at a con artist's suggestion. If anyone presents themselves as a .bank examiner, FBI agent, police officer, detective or bank of­ ficial, and ask you to with­ draw money, check with the police department or your banker and have them in­ vestigate the situation for you. Do not keep large amounts of money in a cookie jar or buried in the backyard. Home security suggestions: Have a phone by your bed for quick contact to the outside if needed. Install an alarm system with a button in the bedroom. The noise will let The police department wants your cooperation to prevent crime to senior citizens. Write or call us at Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal's Senior Action centers at 160 N. LaSalle, Chicago, 111. 00801 or 3 West Old Town Mall, Springfield, 111. 60701, with questions or complaints about any government agency or program. This column will be covering the many questions senior citizens may have on various subjects. Call statewide: toll-free dial: 800 252-6565. Metropolitan Chicago: dial 793-3333. P*a.ce a pocket comb in the^jomeone know something is lb WT wallet. The teeth of the com >will make it dTffTcult to remove the wallet from a pocket. Do not carry a purse by the straps, dangling, as an easy target. It is safer to put your money, credit cards and check­ book in an inside pocket. Carry the purse upside down, if grabbed, the contents will spill, thereby foiling an attempt. wrong. Engrave your valuables with your driver's license number or Social Security number. Many police depart­ ments have electric engraving kits that can be borrowed. Put a dead bolt on the door; a chain lock is helpful, but a peep hole is safer. Secure your windows, but do not nail them shut in case of fire. Unacceptable Risk, ,, Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott recently charged that the radiation threat of the nation's largest commercial high-level nuclear radiation threat of the nation's largest commercial high-level nuclear waste disposal facility in Morris, 111. is an unac­ ceptable risk to the six million people in northern Illinois who live within eighty miles of the site. Scott urged a U.S. House Sub-committee that a "federally owned and operated disposal site should be established as soon as possible in as remote an area as can be found." MARIAN SENIOR OFFICERS-Senlor class officers at Marian Central Catholic high school are Involved in man y aspects of the school's activity program and the Senior Christmas Dance Dec. 22 is currently the chief topic of concern. Pictured above at a recent meeting are seated, left to right, Treasurer Jane Zimmerman, McHenry and Vice-President Lisa Erjavec, McHenry. 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