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spurgeons Go Back-to-School With These. They're All On Sale This Week! SOFT • WATER s6" RENTAL No installation charge NEW fully automatic softeners TWO year option to buy with FULL rental fee deducted ONE phone call can answer any questions P*f mon^ RENT PHONE 312-259-3393 A SOFT Ronto-Soft.,jo division of tho Arlington Soft Wotor Company, Arlington Hoights, Illinois 60004 Serving McHenry Area View Services For Disabled New Look For Red Cross The McHenry County Red Cross chapter has a new look. After thirty-eight years on Benton street, Woostock, the offfice has been moved to 216 S. Throop street. It is now in the same building with the McHenry County TB clinic. Red Cross volunteers, clients and visitors will find it con­ veniently located just three steps up from the private parking lot at the rear. The telephone number remains the same (338-1050) for the 24-hour emergency service. The new mailing address is P.O. Box 421, Woodstock, 60098. There are also new faces on the Chapter board of directors. At the annual meeting of the membership, Theodore (Ted) Buck and Harry N. Dillon of Crystal Lake, Mrs. Paul (Sue), Richardson , and James A. Cowan of Marengo, Mrs. David (Vila) Benrud and Harry C. Kinne of McHenry and Mrs. Donald (Fran) Peasley of Woodstock were elected to serve as directors. At the board meeting following the annual meeting, new officers were elected for 1978-79. Ralph W. Burnett of Woodstock is the new chapter chairman; Mrs. Russell (Peg) Griffith of Crystal Lake and Clifford H. Maddox of Harvard are first and second vice- chairmen. Mrs. Rolf (Shirley) Schoelkopf of Marengo and Dan F. Haager of Woodstock were reelected as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Now beginning the sixty- second year of Red Cross services in McHenry county, the chapter volunteers and staff are busy with plans for training more CPR instructors and increasing C PR instruction. A goal of educating one out of every ten McHenry county residents in CPR-basic life support techniques in the next five years hopefully can be reacned trhough the cooperative efforts of the Illinois Heart association and the Red Cross. Meeting this goal gives the chapter a new direction in safety services in the coming years. Woodstock Hosts Lottery McHenry county fairgoers can see how thousands of Illinois residents win cash prizes each week by playing Illinois State Lottery games when the lottery picks the winning numbers in its Gold Strike and Big Pay day games at noon Thursday. Aug. 3, in the fairgrounds at Illinois Rt. 47 and Country Club road, Woodstock Gold Strike and Big Pay day tickets, for which winning numbers will be picked Aug. 3, will be on sale at the Showmobile all day Aug. 2 and until 11:45 a m the next day. Tickets for the Lottery instant game, Three Of A Kind, will be on sale also at the Showmobile. Three Of A Kind has instant prizes of up to $5,000 and chances to enter a $1,000,000 grand drawing, said Carlson In the weekly Big Pay day game, players who match the four-digit number win $150 and entry into a preliminary drawing for $100,000. Those matching both the two - and three-digit numbers win $5,000 while those matching the three- digit number win $25. A two- digit number match on the Big Pay day ticket wins $5, and lottery players who match the single-digit number on their weekly tickets qualify for a preliminary $50,000 Bonanza drawing by sending only one ticket per envelope to: $50,000 Bonanza Drawing, Box 4999, Springfield, 111., 62708. In the combination weekly and instant Gold Strike game, players who match four sets of two-digit numbers win $4,000, while those matching three sets win $20 and those matching two of the four two-digit numbers win $2. The Gold Strike ticket also offers an instant op­ portunity to win merchandise prizes from the lottery's statewide network of ticket agents. Invited to participate in the drawings Aug. 3 are Senator Jack Schaffer; State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan, Calvin L. Skinner and R. Bruce Waddell; Frances Kuhn, mayor of Woodstock and the City's Council members; Joe Stanek, mayor of McHenry and the city's council mem­ bers; Charles Weingart, president of the McHenry County Fair association; and, Richard Klemm, chairman of the McHenry County board. The McHenry county fairgrounds will be the twenty- eighth stop on the Lottery Showmobile tour in 1978. "Two For The Seesaw'* Opens At The Opera House August 3 Opening night of "Two for the Seesaw," Thursday, Au^ 3, at the Woodstock Opera House, will bring Affiliate Artists Ken Frankel and Niki Flacks back together again in Woodstock for their first Opera House per­ formance since the building's restoration The occasion is part of the 1978 professional summer theatre program which is being produced by the Woodstock Performing company and the Woodstock Opera House The Woodstock Performing com­ pany also sponsored "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" which just ended a highly successful three week run, and will host "She Stoops to Conquer" by the University of Chicago Court theatre later in the season, according to WPC spokesman Cliff Ganschow The opening of "Two for the Seesaw" will also be a special night for the Woodstock Fine Arts association Director Ken Frankel, who completed last year his appointment with the WFAA-sponsored Affiliate Artist program, directs Ms Flacks in this production which was originally produced on Broadway with Anne Bancroft and Henry Fonda. Frankel is currently director of the Dallas Shakespeare festival and a member of the faculty of the Circle in Square theatre in New York City The WFAA will hold a reception for all members and friends in the community room of the Opera House im­ mediately following Thursday night's performance to honor Frankel and Ms Flacks for their nationally recognized work in Woodstock and McHenry county for the Af­ filiate Artists program Frankel first visited Woodstock in 1976 to direct Ms. Flacks in a benefit per­ formance of "The Tiger and the Typist" for the Woodstock Opera House restoration fund She had served as an affiliate artist with the WFAA from 1973 to 1975 when the association was the first small community organization in the country to be selected as a sponsor The success of this project sub­ sequently led to the initiation of the concept of a director ap­ pointment for the program, and Frankel was the first professional stage director to be given an artist appointment and the WFAA was selected the sponsoring organization. The appointments were funded through the Sears-Roebuck foundation, the National En­ dowment for the Arts, the Illinois arts council and the Woodstock Fine Arts association "Two for the Seesaw", will ^continue until Aug. 19 with evening performances Thur­ sday, Friday and Saturday and matinee performances Wed­ nesday and Friday For more information con­ tact Douglas Rankin, 815-338 4212 The Northeastern Illinois Association for External Ad vocacy for the Develop- mentally Disabled (NEADD) staff advocate, George Ackron, said he has had productive meetings with several persons from agencies that provide services to the developmentally disabled "This is a positive step in getting to know what services exist and the people responsible for delivering the services in the four county area (Kane. Kendall. Lake, McHenry) We want to work cooperatively with service-providers to help ensure our client's rights." he said There are three common ways * of "helping" persons disabled by mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, or epilepsy, according to Ackron They are imposing what you think is best for the client, giving charity to relieve suf­ fering; and encouraging in­ dependence by becoming an ally NEADD, as an ally, works with clients to ensure their human and legal rights through monitoring and altering con­ ditions that create hardships Every effort should be madeC to assist developmentally disabled persons to maximize their ability for self-care, to live normal lives, and to live in the least restrictive en­ vironment, according to NEADD's board of directors NEADD assists by advocating rights to medical, hospital and residential treatment, housing, education, employment, transportation, recreation, and barrier free environments To request advocacy services or report rights violations, call 815-338-6670 between 8 to 5 week days Interested persons are in vited to attend NEADD's next board meeting Aug 1 at 7:30 p m at 666 Russell, F^oom 106, Woodstock Beauty Salon 385-4520 Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., & Fri 4400 West Route 120 McHenry ,V1 9-9; Sat. 9-6; Sun. 10-5 Reg. 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Exhibitors must have owned cows before Jan. 1, 1978. Officials recommend entered females have calves by fair time, which will show at side. Entries that have not calved by fair time must be in late pregnancy "There's still time for 4-H and FFA members to enter a cow from their herd in the cow performance class," says Ricketts. "These animals should be highly fitted." Junior show entries close Aug. 1. Special premiums will be offered in both the cow per­ formance clasS and the Save $3-$6! Pre-season Sweater Sale! Reg $12-$ 14 --Save $3 Reg $ 15-$ 18-- Save $4 Reg $19-$23--Save $5 Reg $24-$29--Save $6 There's big fashion news in sweaters and we have it all! Jackets, cardigans, pullovers, wraps, big tops. Soft lamps wool and angora blends, acrylics that re brushed like mohair Juniors, misses and women's sizes. Save now' , yearling heifer classes, notes Ricketts. In the cow class, first place winners in each breed group will receive a $50 premium. If the cow has a 205- day weight, adjusted for age of dam and or a 365-day adjusted weight, She'll win an additional $50. If the animal has both records with corresponding weight ratios above 100, the exhibitor wins another $50. "Juniors who have per­ formance records on their heifers also can win additional premium money," stresses Ricketts. Heifer class entries are eligible for special per­ formance premium money only if they place in the top three and have either adjusted weight recorded. Additional money wilt be awarded if they have both adjusted weights with corresponding ratios over 1()0. The Illinois State fair Junior Beef show will be held Satur­ day, Aug 12, in the Junior Livestock building. The McHenry county extension office, 224 West Judd, Wood­ stock, has premium listings. Save $2 on Earth- Tone Plaid Blouses! Reg fi50 $8.50 \J See tunics, blousons, shirts, in a wide variety of styles. Note the new neck and sleeve details and the vegetable color­ ings! For now and into fall in sizes for juniors and misses. Hurry! LOCAL THESPIANS-Three McHenry area young people, Penny Bromen, Dave Linquest and Lynn Lupo discuss the script with McHenry county Youth Theatre Director Tony Casalino. The three are featured in the county wide production of Man of LaMancha which will be produced at the Woodstock Opera House Aug. 17-24. For ticket information call 338-5300. (Photo by Rick Martin)