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New Diagnostic Service K **« ES; I-MM Offer Administrative Secretarial Course CONSUMER ^CHECKLIST Leadership, knowledge and understanding of office technology, and the educational ability to adapt to change are the basic contributions the cdllege- trained secretary can make to managerial functions in today's office. McHenry County college is offering a class in Ad­ ministrative Secretarial Procedures Thursday evenings at 6:30 during the spring semester and will present a variety of decision making opportunities so that the secretary can operate with a minimum of super­ vision, as well as exercising good human relations techniques. Advancements in office technology have provided for the professional secretary new career paths and countless opportunities for decision making in the applicaton of this technology. The Ad­ ministrative Secretarial class will take field trips and complete case studies, as well as research, to assist them in developing com­ petencies necessary for advancement toward better paying administrative secretarial positions. Typing and shorthand skills are required for secretaries and secretarial students enrolling in this course. For further information regarding enrollment in the course, call the Records office at MCC. That's the Difference Someone once introduced Ed Wynn to the hostess at a gathering. "That is Ed Wynn, who's not such a fool as he looks. " "That's right, " replied the comedian, "that's the great difference between me and my friend." Lighting . . . Hare's a way to make your home-light­ ing system more energy effi­ cient: Change to lower-wattage bulbs in overhead fixtures used for general lighting. In nMlti- ple-light fixtures, you can usu­ ally reploce one bulb with a burned-out bulb without notic­ ing it. Pregnant, NEED HELP? 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"Ultrasound is useful in many conditions because there is no known ionizing radiation during ultrasound procedures." according to Dr. Rodrik. "Ultrasound is used in obstetrics, in suspect pelvic lesions, gallbladder and pancreatic disease, and in differentiating cysts from solid tumors. It is ideal for screening because it can be used repeatedly without residual effects." (Editor's note: With no apparent end in sight to rising food costs,more and more Americans are turning to a down-home alternative: the family garden. This is the first of three articles on g a r d e n - g r o w i n g f o r beginners by Gordon Billingsley, agriculture writer.) Gardening buffs across the nation-beginners as well as pros-are turning their green thumbs up to signal success^ with gardening ventures. They are finding it is not all that hard to shave $300 to $600 off their yearly food bill with just an average-sized garden. If you can read your grandmother's recipe cards, you can plant a successful garden. The National Garden Bureau, an educational service of the North American garden seed in­ dustry, says a 600-square- foot garden (20 by 30 feet) can feed a family of four with plenty left over for canning, freezing or drying. The $300 to $600 value of the food produced is like tax-free income. The key is planning. Know what you want to do (and what you want to eat) before you start buying seeds. Once you've got that figured out, you can get by reading labels on seed packets. For peak efficiency, it is helpful to view your ideal garden as not one, but three gardens-a spring a summer and a fall garden. This will help you plan for a steady stream of vegetables from the garden to the table from early spring to late fall, and it will help you fit more garden into less space with a continuous cropping plan. A continuous cropping program starts best on paper With seed catalog in hand/ lay out the, "three" gardens with cool-weather crops in the spring and fall gardens and heat-tolerant crops in the summer garden. Generally, it's a good idea to start the spring garden as soon as the soil can be worked. But don't get carried away with sowing early. Soil temperatures should be up to at least 40 degrees Fahrenheit before planting, says Irvin Hillyer, a professor of horticulture. Soil warms up later than air. If the soil makes large clods or is sticky, it's too wet and probably too* early to start planting, says Hillyer, who teaches a home gar­ dening course. "It you plant too soon, the seeds just can't germinate- they can't sprout-and they'll lie there antkrot," he said. PAGE 9 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30,1980 Plant the summer garde^ after late-leafing trees lik£ oak and hickory havfe greened up. Plant your fdll garden when the hottest days of summer are past Beyond these general rules, arid to fine-tune your plans, just follow the directions on the seed packet. No moon cycles No lucky stars. Northern gardeners with short growing seasons may have to skip the summer garden and go straight to the fall plantings. Most of middle Ameriea, however, enjoys, frost-free growing seasons from 120 to 240 days. Middle-American gardeners can get two full crops easily and usually get some fall vegetables by planting where summer crops have been harvested. Long-season areas of eight months or more can get three full gardens without trouble. A m o n g s t a n d a r d vegetables suited for the spring garden you will find lettuce, spinach, onions, beets, carrots, cabbage (including cauliflower), celery and peas. In the summer garden, you can keep some of the spring favorites such as carrots, onions and beets. In empty spaces,or spaces from which you have har­ vested early crops, you can plant cucumbers, peppers, squash, tomatoes, beans and corn. It's a good idea to plant early, middle and late maturing varieties of corn (if possible) to spread out the harvest of sweet com ears. Tomatoes are usually planted from pre-grown transplants. It's a good idea to get an early start on tomatoes, which sometimes have flowering problems in hot weather (above 95 degrees). But; be careful: they are even more sensitive to cold (beloW 55), hence the summer designation. For the fall garden, consider going back to the spring crops in some in­ stances. Plant some lettuce, including head lettuce, cabbages and spinach. Fall also is a good time to start plants like turnips, rutabagas and radishes. Keep right on growing those carrots and onions. Remember, the easiest mistake is to plant too much of too many things. Hillyer advises starting with a few plants of some of the stock vegetables until you get a handle on how much you can cope with. From a 30-foot rows you can expect to harvest 10 pounds of lima beans, 30 pounds of snap beans, 30 pounds of carrots, 30 ears of corn, 75 pounds of musk- melon (cantaloupe), 15 pounds of peas, 50 pounds of onions, 30-45 pounds of potatoes or 200 pounds of tomatoes. "It's a good idea to get into the gardening game slowly," he said. "When you get good at planning your planting you can even avoid having your vegetables while you're on vacation." A summary of the three- garden concept for planning gardens is offered by the National Garden Bureau. For a very small fee, the bureau will send a color rendition of its "Nonstop Vegetable Garden" to help visualize possibilities. Helpful hints are printed on the borders. The address is National Garden Bureau Inc., 1186 Los Altos Ave., Los Altos, Calif., 94022. Next: Some garden layout hints. 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