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t*AtiK IN • PLAINDKALKR - FRIDAY. NOVKMBKK it . I»79 Your Police Department by Officer Jim Fitzgerald Public Relations Officer McHenry City Police Phone 385-2131 Well friends, it happened. Despite all my wishes and hopes, it really snowed last week, enough even to cover the ground for a little while, and partially cover over the leaves on my lawn that I haven't had a chance to rake up as of yet. So, with the inevitable winter weather coming, will all the snow and ice associated with it, I think it is time that we all sit up and review our driving habits for the coming few months. Apparently last week's snow and ice covering served to remind several drivers that it is going to be a whole new show, and that they are going to have to change the way that they drive until that beloved springtime returns, because there were a few accidents related to Winter driving. First, I think that we are ^all in agreement that the first thing we do whenever the streets are covered with snow and ice is slow down. That should go without saying, but it must be said since many accidents which happen can be directly related to the fact that the drivers were going too fast oForAHoMayo Treat... •JVIc^eniV ^Inn 1 Have Your Holiday Feast With U FAMILY SIZE TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS (complete with salad bar) "Sized To Suit Your Family's Needs" By Reservation Only 344-0900 $ £ 2 5 1 0 % o f f t o W per person Senior Citizer Serving 1 lam to 9pm c*]YIc6HeniV Inn ^Family House 4512 W.Rte. 120 McHenry, Illinois 2 Blocks West of McHenry Market Place Shopping Center for the conditions of the roads. Remember that the tires on your vehicle cannot get the same traction on snow that they can on dry pavement because there isn't much there tb grab onto. Speaking of tires, how is the tread on * yours? Almost as smooth as a tabletop? Better think about getting a new set for the winter, front and rear. Although the rear tires give drive traction to move the car, the front tires do the steering, and if you can't turn the car, no amount of power steering is going to help. Secondly, related to the traction problem, and the lack of it, give yourself a little more time to get where you have to go because of the fact that you are going to be driving slower. Don't wait till the last minute to leave for that meeting or party, and if you can, plan your trips to the store ahead of time. If you have to come into town to go grocery shopping, also plan on going to the cleaners or the drug store or the hardward store, or whatever else you have to do so that you don't end up making three or more trips. Not only is that safer because you won't be on the road so much, you will also save gas, which at today's prices is a good idea. After each snowfall, and before you go off to wherever, clean off the windows of the car. There is no point in going somewhere when you can't see what you are doing. Besides that, you can and will recieve a ticket for driving with the windows obscured, which I'm sure will just add to your day nicely. Make sure that your window wipers are in good NOV 0123456^ See us for your 1980 LICENSE STICKERS! pi" ILLINOIS 1L 1980 LAND OF LINCOLN Purchase your 1980 license plate renewal sticker at First National Bank of McHenry You may purchase your renewal sticker from 2 months prior to the expiration date to the day your current sticker expires. EXAMPLE: If your sticker expires on November 30 , 1979, you may purchase your renewal sticker now, through November 30, 1979 •Get fast, immediate delivery of your 1980 sticker •Check your present license sticker for expiration date •Bring your pre-printed registration form to the Bank •Service Charge will be $2.00 Serving the banking needs of the McHenry area. M M Mai Member FDIC NOTIONaL BaNK OF lVTHeiMKY 3014 WEST ELM STREET P O BOX 330 McHENRY. ILLINOIS 60050 815-365-5400 condition, not cracked or chipped and bent, and that the windshield washer system has enough fluid in it. That salt and sand put on the roads leaves a blinding film on the window that no amount of wiping with the wipers will take off without solvent. Speaking of sand, when the streets do finally melt or clear up, be careful on your approaches to intersections.' The sand is nice when it is en top of snow to help you stop, however, it becomes a slight problem when it is on top of dry pavement in that it will also make you slide around. Make sure that you are not going so fast that you will slip right through the in­ tersection into the cross traffic and get hit. Finally, check your bat­ tery for fluid so the car will start, the brake fluid chamber for fluid so the car will stop, and the radiator for antifreeze so the car won't overheat when it shouldn't. Lastly, check yourself and be sure that you are prepared mentally for driving in wintertime. Remember to exercise a little more caution and care, and you will have a safe and crash-free winter. Shedding Light On Gasohol now -L'"" alffer What is coalescence? That's how moisture droplets in the air combine to form raindrops. There are two ways this occurs. First, moisture droplets in clouds are of different sizes and in moving air the larger droplets move more slowly than smaller ones and often collide, building into bigger droplets, which eventually fall as raindrops. The more frequent type of coalescence is where ice crystals and water droplets combine (usually in the mid­ dle areas of cumulonimbus clouds). Some of the water in the water droplets evaporates and then con­ denses on the crystals, which later drop as snow or or ice pellets. In warmer climates these ice pellets often turn back to water, as they fall, and reach the ground as rain. Most hail forms in the middle altitude of a thunderhead, by the process of coalescence, and not-as previously thought- by rising and falling in thunderhead vertical air cur­ rents. Necessity is the mother of courage, as of inven­ tion. -Walter Scott. (With the great interest in new sources for liquid fuels and energy, the following information on gasohol was compiled by some of the c o u n t r y ' s m o s t knowledgeable individuals on alcohol and its use in gasohpl). OveKiew--Gasohol has attracted attention as a fuel which can help ease the United States' dependence on foreign oil. While it is no panacea for the nation's energy, oil import, or agricultural problems, it can make a contribution especially when produced for local use. Gasohol derived from crops such as cereal grains and sugar cane probably can make its greatest con­ tribution in the near term, 1980-1985. After 1985, liquid fuels from coal, oil shale or larger scale biomass sources are expected to become available on a larger scale - especially as crude oil prices escalate. New technology in cellulose' to alcohol processes could enhance gasohol's value, however, and help justify investments today in large fermentation ethyl alcohol plants. Definition--Gasohol as usually defined in the U.S. is a motor fuel consisting of a mixture of 10 percent (by volume) agriculturally derived anhydrous ethyl alcohol and 90 percent regular unleaded gasoline. Such gasohol qualifies for the federal motor fuel excise tax exemption of four cents per gallon. Although various other blends of ethyl alcohol and gasoline (including ethyl alcohol derived from petroleum), blends of methyl alcohol and gasoline, and pure alcohol all can be used as motor fuel, none is yet exempt from motor fuel excise taxes. Fuel Use Considerations-- For mixing with gasoline, ethyl alcohol is preferred over methyl alcohol because it has a higher energy value, separates less readily in the presence of water, and is less corrosive to fuel and engine systems. It is also less toxic. Although specially designed engines must be used to ac­ commodate 100 percent ethyl alcohol fuel, present vehicle engines can use a 10 percent ethyl alcohol-90 percent gasoline blend with no modifications. Ethyl alcohol has a high octane rating; therefore, when it is added to regular gasoline, octane rating for the blend is increased. Claims of better gas mileage with gasohol vary, and better data are needed. Gasohol presents several problems which raise practical difficulties but are technically solvable. For example, alcohol will separate into any water present in storage tanks or engine systems; vapor lock will be more common in cars using gasohol. Distribution to and storage at retail outlets is a significant challenge in itself. ^ Technology--Ethyl alcohol can be produced from a variety of sources including fermentation of carbohydrates derived from starch crops (grain, potatoes, etc.); sugar crops (cane, beets, etc.); cellulosic agricultural residues (bagasse, corn stalks, straw); and woody crops and their bypproducts. It also can be produced by hydration of ethylene or from synthesis gas mixture (hydrogen-carbon mon­ oxide). The technologies for converting car­ bohydrates to ethyl alcohol and for hydration of ethylene are well established. The technologies for cellulose conversion to ethyl alcohol and for producing ethyl alcohol from synthesis gas need more research and development. Energy Balance-- In existing distilleries, more process energy is required in the production of ethyl alcohol than the alcohol contains as a fuel because these distilleries were built when energy was relatively inexpensive. It may be possible, however, in modern economically sized plants using a number of energy efficient chemical engineering designs ~ for instance vapor recom­ pression for evaporation systems, flue gases from boilers for drying operations, and multi- pressure distillation systems - to obtain a small positive energy balance. $ 1 . 1 I n C o u n t y Even with a negative energy balance, the use of ethyl alcohol as a liquid motor fuel might be justified if its use will reduce oil imports, extend gasoline supplies, and-or increase the octane number and ef­ ficiency of the blend. Hie boiler fuel used in fer­ mentation plants producing fuel grade ethyl alcohol should hot be derived frora\ petroleum or natural gas - otherwise the main purpose (to reduce oil imports) is defeated. Such plants should use other domestically available boiler fuels such as coal, wood and wood by­ products, or municipal, industrial or agricultural residues. Use of waste heat from existing plants using petroleum based fuels also might be justified for production of fuel grade alcohol. Economics--Illustrative of gasohol economics, fuel grade anhydrous ethyl alcohol currently sells at distilleries between $1.60 and $1.70 a gallon based on corn (the most .widely used feedstock) prices of $2.50 to $2.80 a bushel. By com­ parison, unleaded regular gasoline is selling in the third quarter of 1979 for $0.70 to $0.80 a gallon at refineries. This means that gasohol must sell between $0.08 and $0.10 a gallon above unleaded gasoline without any federal and-or state subsidies. Unless crude oil prices rise significantly above current levels (about double), establishment of a commercial alcohol fuels industry will depend upon the guaranteed availability of feedstock - whether the currently used corn or some other fermentable materials -at a relatively stable price, and the continuation of some government subsidy. PARENTHOOD 6UIDEB00K RTA Report Tells Of Money Spent Locally State Rep. Cal Skinner, Jr. (R-McHenry county) says he has learned how RTA "claims to have spent over $1.1 million in McHenry county from July, 1977, through June, 1978." The RTA's unaudited figures, he notes, indicate that $1,109,913 was spent in McHenry county. About 80 percent went to subsidize railroad commuters. The next greatest category listed is new bus service, for which $131,156 is claimed, although WHY BUY THIS? WHIN YOU CAN BUY THIS! FOR THE SAME RED TAG PRICE! YES!!! We at GEO. P. FREUND, INC., believe that you should be ready to "GO IN THE SNOW" when you receive your TORO SNOWTHROWER. That's why we SET UP & SERVICE your machine FREE OF CNAR0E when purchased from us. Not like most chain and department stores. COME IN NOW and SAVE from $20 to s40 on the TORO that best serves your needs. *4 DIFFERENT MODELS REDTAGGED FROM s149'5„$309 95 TORO ME HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" GEO. P. FREUND, INC. 4102 W. Crystal Lake Rd. McHenry Haven't yon done without 385-0420 a Toro long enough? buses didn't start running until May, 1978. In addition, $43,101 was reported spent on a "fare program". Skinner believes this must refer to the half far program for senior citizens and elementary and high school students. RTA's administration co&s were $58,912. They include $6,740 for the Travel Information, $9,760 to promote RTA's service in McHenry county, and $4,533 for short time interest, in addition to the $37,879 that Skinner presumes pays for (author, Mete's MsJfchw. Pub. by Wm. Morrow.N.Y.) Last week we spoke of teaching youngsters early about nature, letting them grow things in a seed bed of their own, perhaps a milk carton or foil pan, etc. Here 1 are more suggestions. Pea and beaift seeds sprout quickly and are easy to "plant. A lemon or grape* fruit seed is easily planted*. Use tongue depressors stuck * into the soil to' identify the things planted. ^ By saving the green tops, from an onion or carrot, your^ child can watch them grow. Onions will grow legs In glass of water, if kept wet and the top of an onion is held with toothpicks, to rest on a rim of the glass of water. A carrot top can be grown in much the same manner. As it growns, it can be replanted in soil. The sweet potato grows a twiny vine. Insert three toothpicks around its middle so it rests (like the onion) on the rim of a jar or glass. Place it in a north window. Add water and keep the potato wet. After three or four days, roots will begin to sprout at the bottom. After a few more days, leaves begin to appear at the top. As this sturdy vine grows, it can be trained to frame a window. A child will enjoy plant- a pineapple top. Use top with leaves and stem intact, after twisting off from the fruit. Remove lowest leaves, ex­ posing one to two inches of stem, which is then plsoed in a glass of water. After a week the first roots will form; when they are firmly established, the " plant can be transferred to a flowerpot filled with fertile, coarse soil. Sad Case "Now, what do you do in a case like that?" "Like what?" "They tell me to strike and my wife orders me to keep on working." Cramped Quarters Boss: "You want a raise? Why don't you live within your means?" Employe: "I do sir; but you don't realize how I am crowded for space." the public relations office in Crystal Lake. Questions may be for­ warded to Skinner in Springfield, in care of the State Capitol, 62706. Something New... EVERY TUES., WED. & THURS. FAMILY DINNER Includes Soup, Salad, Roll and Buttar. 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