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sosooecoeoceooo FROM THE MEAT BOARD 06cP6009co6opcooooooooooooeooooaoaotf SHROUD OF NIGHT In the silent gloom, desolate souls pretend they are not Imprisoned in the decaying frame while decades of light reach not one spot. Empty voices of endless night emerge from the depths of sightless eye Vacant dreams that filter the emptiness expose the bleakness where they lie. Misery engulfs the withering soul that exists in layers of eternity Invading only the mindless wanderer whom often vanishes in obscurity. Embedded fragments of hollow destiny penetrate the corridors of plight Never ceasing are the cries of tormented souls of endless night. Kathy Leahy UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH a health column from the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Control Program Can Reduce Dutch Elm Disease Losses BEEF PORTERHOUSE STEAKS, broiled to perfection, make a Father's Dav feast to be remembered. Stepparenting Tips--Part I Even under ordinary cir­ cumstances, marriage and rais­ ing a family are complex and difficult; but the problems of a second marriage involving stepchildren for one or both spouses are extra complicated since both new and old re­ lationships, feelings, attitudes, and beliefs are involved The two families may have differ­ ing concepts of roles, values, standards, and goals. Because its members have not shared past experiences, the new fam­ ily may have to redefine rights and responsibilities to fit their individual and combined needs. Time and understanding are key allies in negotiating the transition from single parent to step family status. Consid­ eration of the following points may case the transition proc­ ess: • Let your relationship v, ith stepchildren develop grad­ ually. Don't expect too much too soon--from the children or from yourself. Children need time to ad­ just. accept, and belong So do parents. • Don't try to replace a lost parent --be an addi­ tional parent Children need time to mourn the parent who is lost, wheth­ er through divorce or death • F.xpect to deal with con­ fusing feelings -- your own. your spouse's and the children's. Anxiety about new roles and re­ lationships may heighten competition among fam­ ily members for love and attention; loyalties may be questioned Your children may need to understand that their re­ lationship with you is valued but different from that of your relationship with your spouse and that one cannot replace the other You love and need them both, but in differ­ ent ways. • Recognize that you may be compared with the ab­ sent parent Be prepared to be tested, manipulated. Add Flavor Sliced black olives add extra color and flavor to chicken and tuna salads. y WINN PHILLIPS (MMWAMt We at Century 21 Car* Real Estate, Inc. ara pleated to present you with our weekly series of informative Real Estate Articles. Know the person you select to service you in buying or selling real estate. One of the most important factors in life is the money involved in your real estate transaction. Make certain that person is one you feel you can trust to: (1) Do the very best job on today's market for you. (2) Keep your business-your business. (3) Work with you from start to finish. Get to know your Neigh­ borhood Professional". We CARE at Century 21 CARE Real Estate. In I nn CARE REAL ESTATE INC. Phone 815-344-1033 3717 W. Elm (Across from Jewel) McHonry, IL. \ " Each office independently owned and operated. and challenged in your new role. Decide, with your mate, what is best for your children and stand by it. Understand that steppar­ ents need support from natural parents on child- rearing issues. Rearing children is tough; rearing someone else's is tougher Acknowledge periods of cooperation among step- siblings. Try to treat step­ children and your own with equal fairness. 1 Communicate! Don't pre­ tend that everything is fine when it isn't. Ac­ knowledge problems im­ mediately and deal with them openly. • If you need help, admit it. Don't let the situation get out of hand. Every­ one needs help sometime Join an organization for stepfamilies; seek coun­ seling. Father's Day comes first among the special occasions that c^ft for a thick and juicy steak. The perfect choice for the king for the day is the king of steaks. Porterhouse. This man-sized steak, cut from the prized short loin section of beef, is tender, juicy and flavorful. And when cooked outdoors over the coals, it's eating pleasure that's hard to match, says Reba Staggs, Na­ tional Live- Stock and Meat Board home economist. Let the grill do the work, too, for a festive garnish to accompany the steaks. Fruit kabobs featuring an array of summer fruits can be sweetened with a honey glaze. Broiled Porterhouse Steaks Steaks cut 1 to 2 inches thick are best for broiling. Place steaks on grill over ash-covered coals. Steaks cut 1 inch thick should be placed 2 to 3 inches from the heat; steaks cut 2 in­ ches thick, 3 to 5 inches from the heat. Cook at low to mod­ erate temperature. When one side is browned, turn, season with salt and pepper and finish cooking on the second side. Season as desired. Steaks cut 1 inch thick re­ quire approximately 15 to 20 minutes for rare, 20 to 25 min­ utes for medium; steaks cut 2 inches thick, 30 to 35 minutes for rare, 40 to 45 minutes for medium. Instant Replay A Dutch elm disease (DED) is the most destructive shade tree disease in the U.S., but losses can be reduced with a good control program, according to Mai Shurtleff, University of Illinois Extension plant pathologist. * All elm trees are susceptible, although the Chinese and Sirberian elms are most resistant. Shurtleff explains that bark beetles are the principal carriers of the DED fungus. The beetles feed on all species of living elms, leaving fungus spores in the water- conducting vessels of the tree. The fungus produces a toxin, which induces the tree to form gums that plug the tissues and restrict the flow of water from the roots to foliage. The disease also is spread through the roots of an infected tree, if it is grafted to a nearby healthy one. Symptoms include wilting leaves that turn dull green to yellow, then brown, curl and drop early. The branches usually die quickly. If a tree is infected in late summer, the symptoms develop the following spring. Shurtleff adds that the white sapwood just under the bark of wilting branches will turn a light to dark borwn. But since other diseases also show this symptom, positive iden­ tification should be made in a laboratory. Specimens can be mailed to the University of Illinois Plant clinic for confirmation. Two to four inch branch sections from wilting but living branches are needed. The sections should be » 2 to 34 of an inch in diameter and about six inches long. Seal them in a plastic bag, along with a complete Plant Clinic form, and mail them to the clinic at Urbana, 61801, with a check. The return report is usually mailed in a week or two. two. David G. Plocher. McHenry Now Earn Up To 8% An Important Savings Message From The Savings Experts • • • McHenry Savings and Loan McHENRY SAVINGS i« proud i«> niinoirure tin* upprnwil of Iho new waving* program* ul i i r l i ««> ium rff is- t Jun«- I . 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There are several ways to control the disease. Shurtleff says. The most effective methods are sanitation and dormant spraying to control the insect carriers. Its spread also can be controlled by preventing transmission through root grafts and the early pruning of the first infected branches. Systemic fungicides are ex­ pensive and should be applied only by a professional, trained in tree injection techniques. * The foundation of a com­ munity-wide control program is sanitation; that is, burning, burying or debarking all elm wood from infected trees. This should include all weakened, dying and dead trees and their stumps. All this material should be disposed of before trees leaf in the spring. Methoxyclor, an insecticide, will not prevent the disease, but will kill the elm bark beetles. Spraying should be done by a professional. Shurtleff cau­ tioned The disease cannot be pruned out of the tree if it is in the trunk, but it can frequently be pruned out if identified early. Most elm trees wilting by the third week of June cannot be saved by pruning out the in: fections, Shurtleff says. Root graft transmission can be controlled by girdling the tree: cutting around the trunk with a chain-saw. A fumigant will kill grafted roots to prevent transmission. Or. a trench can be dug between diseased and healthy elms when the symp­ toms first appear. Divorce Facts Nearly three-fourths of all divorced American women are working--a higher percentage than any other group of women in the United States. The United States has the highest divorce rate in the world--more than five per thousand population. THOUGHT FOR FOOD By GOULD CROOK DATE LOAF Maybe this should be called "Date Bars" -- because after it s baked you cut whatever size you want for "Rich" eating. 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