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/ Prune Trees, Shrubs (Town and Country Tips by Dave Plocher) Mid-winter is an excellent time to prune most trees, shrubs, or vines. Plants are dormant so there is no blading. Djsease tran­ smission is less likely. It is also easy to see the bran­ ching of deciduous trees since the leaves are off. Become knowledgeable about the specific plant you are pruning. Multistem shrubs are pruned much different from multistem trees. And large trees present a situation where special problems may exist. Contact us for publication C-1033, Pruning Evergreens and Deciduous Trees and Shrubs. Call 338-3737 or write P.O. Box 431, Wood­ stock, 111. 60098. DHIA Programs - The dairyman of the 1980 will need to be a top notch manager. One way to be top notch is to know how productive each cow is and to know how profitable your total dairy enterprise is. A number of Dairy Herd Improvement (DHIA) programs are available to dairymen in McHenry and Lake county. They are of­ fered through the McHenry- Lake DHI association. Call me at 338-3737 or 4747 or DHIA President, Robert Nichols of Hebron for more details. Enrollment in the program depends on the available time of the DHIA supervisors. Dairy Cattle Test - Dairy Herd Improvement (DHIA) coopferators can now utilize the progesterone test as a reproductive management tool. DHIA supervisors can supply you with a packet of materials. These will allow you to take special milk samples and send them away for the progesterone test. Milk samples are taken from the strippings after milking on the twenty-third or twenty?fourth day following breeding. The test will be 80 percent accurate in predicting pregnancy. It will be 95 percent accurate in deter­ mining cows that are not pregnant, or are cycling, or are near the time of estrus. Apple Growers Meetings - Six commercial apple and peach growers meetings are scheduled throughout Illinois during February. The closest meeting for this area will be held Feb. 16 at the Holiday Inn, LaSalle- Peru, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. It will be limited to apple production. Growers will learn about insect disease control, tree nutrition, use of growth regulators, pruning and tree training and weed control. In addition, University of Illinois and natural History survey specialist will discuss a variety of orchard prac­ tices. 1980 spray programs, herbicide guides and other publications relating to commercial fruit production will be available. Gardeners Guide - As avid indoor and outdoor gar­ deners you may be in­ terested in some of the plant societies. They offer special educational events and publications. I recently came upon such a listing that includes the societies, how to contact them and their membership fee. I would be happy to share it with you. Indoor Plants and Water - Are your indoor plants not looking very healthy these days? According to Jim Fizzell, Horticulturist from Cook county, the following pointers should perk up your plants. -Keep plants in a bright spot. Cleaning windows, spacing plants further from each other, and placing reflective surfaces under the plants will all help. Leaf drop on plants is their way of coping with this low light condition. -Use supplemental light during low light periods. Flourescent lamps placed 6 to 12 inches above the plants and turned on for 7 to 8 hours after sunset will provide adequate light. -Decrease the water and food and temperature to fit winter conditions. County Senior Vehicle To Serve Several Needs The McHenry County Senior Citizens council has recently acquired a 12- passenger vehicle, with hydraulic lift, through the Urban Mass Transit Authority (UMTA). A request for the van was submitted and approved nearly four years ago, at a time when there was no public transportation in McHenry county. "The Council, through a committee, has been studying the question of how to'put the vehicle to best use without < inferring ;or competing with the "various types of transportation services that are now available through the R.T.A. and the private sector," explained^ Marge Jones, executive director for the council. The committee deter­ mined that there were three unmet transportation needs in the county in which the council could be of assistance. The most underserved population is that of nursing home residents. Several nursing homes would like to take their residents on outings on a monthly or bi­ monthly schedule but currently can only do so through the use of volunteers in private vehicles. In­ surance considerations often make it difficult to find enough volunteers to transport the number of residents that might be able to leave their facility. Because of this, the com­ mittee decided that it would be appropriate to designate one day a week for use in transporting nursing home residents. The-next consideration was for those individuals who have been prevented from attending senior centers because they live in unincorporated areas, not served by public tran­ sportation. A schedule has been established in an at­ tempt to serve these in­ dividuals in conjunction with the senior centers located in Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Cary-Algonquin, and Huntley. Specific days have been assigned and the van will pick them up at their door. Individuals interested in the service will be required Aid In College Selection For those looking for in­ formation to help select a college, there is a service available at McHenry County college which can make the search easier. MCC has a new service which makes 4,000 college catalogs available for use on microfiche. The service from the National Microfilm library mafcqs it easy to find in­ formation on 90 percent of all accredited U.S. colleges and universities. There an catalogs for two-year, four- year and graduate schools as well as for 100 major foreign colleges. The new system allows MCC to quadruple the number of catalogs it can make available for local residents. In addition, it saves time for the library staff in„ MCC's Learning Resources Center (LRC) where the catalogs are available. Jane Stehlick, LRC director, notes that the system is also convenient for handicapped users because the microfiche and the reader are located together at a small table. "Reaching materials from a wheel chair, for example, is not a problem with this convenient I Senior (Written under the auspices of Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal) Q. What is the Illinois Office of Consumer Ser­ vices? A. The Illinois Office of Consumer Services, office of the governor, is a utility consumer assistance program which encourages and works with residential, commercial and industrial consumer groups to facilitate citizen par­ ticipation within utility regulatory hearings being conducted by the Illinois Commerce Commission. It is a program of technical assistance which addresses consumers' mutual concerns over rising utility costs. Q. As a residential electric utility customer, what technical assistance will this program make available which was unavailable before? A. The office has a staff of experts in the utility fields of economics, finance, ac­ countancy, engineering and law. Residential consumer groups at the local level are now able for the first time to present technical evidence in support of their own positions by seeking the assistance of the office's technical staff. And, in many cases, outside expert con­ sultants will also be retained McHenry County Comprehensive Mental Health Service System Mental Health Crisis Line For McHenry County 1-800/892-8900 24 Hour Emergency Number Professional Staff will answer your call. y It takes courage to ask for help, and we are always there to call the council office in Woodstock (815-338-6075, 815- 455-2660, or 1-800-892-6120) two working days prior to the day they wish to attend the center. A small fee will be required for each one-way trip to the center. On Wednesday, the van will pick up individuals from Richmond, Spring Grove, Johnsburg, Pistakee Highlands, Lakemoor and Lilymoor to take them to the McHenry center. This plan will operate for one month, after which time the committee will review the service to determine what changes, if any, should be made. The final phase of this program will include plans for "mini-trips" from the centers. This plan will be implemented from the centers in about two months. The van will be in use between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, which will allow the driver time to route the van for the following day. For further information call the McHenry County Senior Citizens council, 113 Newell street, Woodstock, II. 815-338-6075. by the office in representing consumer interests. Q. If I have an individual utility service problem, can the office help? A. Your best bet still is to contact the Illinois Com­ merce Commission's Office of Consumer Protection, which was established specifically to arbitrate individual utility problems, or contact the utility itself. Such problems, however, may be so numerous or widespread at the com­ munity or state level that it takes on policy dimensions more appropriately con­ sidered in the context of a Commission proceeding. To facilitate consumer group input on these issues, the office has qualified people who can and will help present expert testimony on behalf of consumers in these proceedings. Q. Do consumers have a voice in reviewing or r e c o m m e n d i n g n e w programs and policies for the office? And, how do I know the office will continue to consider my point of view? A. As defined by an Executive Order issued by Governor James Thompson, a Consumer's Coordinating council was duly established to review the office's programs and specifically the utility consumer assistance it provides all consumers in the state of Illinois. This council consists of nine public representatives and four General Assembly legislative members. The nine public representatives were selected from among consumer, environmental, civic, neighborhood, com­ merce, labor, and other groups. Legislative mem­ bers were appointed by House and Senate ( R e p u b l i c a n a n d Democratic) leadership. In short, this statewide assembly of consumer representatives have been given the responsibility to ensure that the office con­ stantly considers the broadest possible spectrum of consumer views "by keeping its consumer a s s i s t a n c e p r o g r a m responsive to the needs of all utility consumers in Illinois. Q. To learn more about the Council and the Office' of Consumer Services where may I write or call? A. You may write to: Illinois Office of Consumer Services, Office of the Governor, 320 W. Washington, 5th Floor, Springfield, 111., 62706; or call downstate, Dr. Alvin K. G r a n d y s , P r o g r a m Manager, 217-785-3196; or in Chicago, Ms. Deborah Senn, , Chief Legal Counsel, 312-793- 4794. Pleast Write the Senior Action Centers at 160 N. LaSalle, Chicago, 111., 60601, PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I, I960 Reserve Program Interest Charges On Grain Waived Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has an­ nounced that farmers who placed com in the grain reserve program between Oct. 22 and Jan. 7, will be eligible for waiver of the first year's interest charges. Oct. 22 was the date that immediate entry of 1978 and 1979 crops was authorized. Jim. 7 was the day new reserve rules became ef­ fective. To qualify for the interest waiver, farmers affected by the new announcement must contact their county office of t h e A g r i c u l t u r a l Stabilization and Con­ servation service to sign a new reserve agreement. Interest that will be waived is that which accrued beginning Jan. 7. Interest that accrued before Jan. 7 will still be owed by the farmer. Bergland said the new or 3 W. Old Town Mall, Springfield, 111., 62701 with questions or concerns about any government agency or programs, or call, Statewide: toll free 800-252- 6565. 1 decision was made as a matter of equity for those farmers who earlier had placed grain in the reserve. On Jan. 7, as of the moves in response to suspension of* grain sales to the USSR, the first-year interest on grain in the reserve program had been waived. 4-H NEWS FEDERATION The 4-H Federation meeting of January featured Ms. Betty Madeiras from the Heart association. Since February is Heart month, the 4-H'ers were asked to help raise money for the Heart association by selling heart-shaped balloons and asking for donations. 4-H clubs will also be donating cookies for the Easter Seal Dance-a-Thon Feb. 9 and 10. The 4-H winter party was rescheduled for Feb. 16 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Woodstock city park, and Share-the-Fun will be April 11 and 12 at Harry Jacobs high school. format for college catalogs," Stehlik said. 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