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PAGE 18 - PLA1NDEALER - WEDNESDAY. MARCH 19,1980 roil SALE J MILEY 2 HORSE TRAILER, 1972, excellent condition, brown $1900. Call Sharri, days. 312-437-5811 3- 19-3-21C 2 CHEVY TRUCK tires and trims, aluminum superior 'mags. 10.00 x 16.5, 8 lugs, with Good Year tires, great shape $325.00 or best offer. Phone 815-385-7415. 3-19-3- 21c -« 1972 DODGE MONACO 4 door $650.00, cap to fit Chevy Luv, regular bed. $200.00 Lawn Chief 7 H.P. 25" cut less than 20 hours on engine. 385-0819. 3-19-3-21C FOR SALE, used Clarinet, in good condition. Original price $250.00 will sell for $95.00 or best offer. Call 815- 385-6367 . 3-19-3-21C " M O V I N G S A L E " 1 Everything must go! Lots of -furniture, plants, lawn furniture and equipment , snowmobile sleigh, ping pong table, large Weber grill, new Muskin pool filter (paid $400.00 will sell for $275.00) some antiques, adding machine and lots more too numerous to mention. Call 815-385-5678 aft&r 3:30 weekdays, anytime on weekends. 3-19- 3-21c SEARS HYDRO-TRAC tractor with mower $525.00, 12 hp. International cub cadet tractor with mower $600.00 model 122 12 hp Of- fenhauser manifold and 650 Holley for 351 Cleveland $150.00. CB base Dwight D President 40 channels $125.00. Call after 4 pm. 815- 728-0828 . 3-19-3-21C 1973 2400 International loader tractor for sale. Live P.T.0.3pt. hitch. 943-3167. 3-19-3-21C 1974 Camper fold-down, double axle, sleeps eight, self contained, very good condition. $2,000.00 or best offer. 815-338-3971, call after 6 pm. 3-19-3-21C SNOWMOBILE for parts, 1971 Ski-Doo Nordic 399, $75.00 or best offer. 385-6191. 3-19-3-26C JOHN DEERE MT Model farm tractor and cycle bar grass cutter. $950.00 . 344- 2636. 3-19-3-21C 75 HP Johnson motor, good condition, $450.00 . 815-728- 0160 after 6 pm. 3-19-3-21C PADDED BAR with two stools, excellent condition, asking $125.00. 815-385-8337. 3-19-3-21C FOR SALE-Quilting frames, 815-338-3887 3-19-3-21C GREEN COUCH Best offer. Good condition. 815-385-96% 3-19-3-21C HAY, NO RAIN, good quality, alfalfa and brome, 815-338-8105. After 5 pm or weekends. 36" INSULATED STEEL exterior clad door with frame and 2 window lights. Call 344-0791 3-19-3-21C BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY goat doe, must sacrifice, $65.00 Includes Buck ser­ vice. 338-8705. 3-19-3-21C OAK FIREWOOD, cords $45 00 and delivered. 815-728-1363. face up 3-5tf SOFA BED FOR SALE, Like new $150.00. 385-8790 . 3-19 WATER SOFTENER SALT SALE. Pellet type only 1st Saturday of every month, cash and carry. Huemann Water Conditioning. 3607 Chapel Hill Road,' John- sburg. 815-385-3093 3-5tf OLD ELECTRIC STOVE top with separate oven, electric hot water heater, all working order. Kenmore Washer needs work. 815-385-1582. 3- 19-3-21C 5 ft. wide 2 glass door commercial cooler. $250 or offer. 815-385-6990. 3-19-3-21C 1 SEARS OIL STOVE 37,600 BTU, automatic blower, $75.00. 2 ET Mag Wheels 14" $50.00. 815-728-0376 3-19-3-21C 12 ton Coffling electric chain hoist $200.00 of best offer. New Stow power trowel and power Skreet used 3 times, $1,175,00 or best offer, 3 fish tanks, 5, 10 and 20 gallons, complete set up, stands, lights, filters, pumps, fish; everything included, many extras $150.00, or best offer. 728-0148 after 5 pm. 3-19-3- 21c AN UNUSUAL BUT PRACTICAL GIFT FOR THE NEW HOME OR APT. Handmade crochet rugs, 1 basic design. Your choice of colors. 815-385-1582. 3-19-3- 21c STEREO COMPONENT SYSTEM, AKAI reel to reel tape deck, amplifier, am-fm tuner amp, 2-3 way speakers and a United Audio turn table, $1,500.00. Portable refrigerator, 3 cu. ft. new $175.00, large lighted china cabinet $350.00, Yashica 35 mm camera $100.00. Cobra 132 SSB CB radio with an­ tenna and external speaker $275.00. A set of black Jack headers for a big block Chevy, new $100.00. Chevy 454 engine complete ready to run $1,000.00. 1978 Chevy 1 ton pickup 4x4, 12,000 miles $8,500.00. 1942 Chevy tow truck 4x4, $1,500.00. 24' travel trailer, self contained $4,500.00. Remington model 1100 shot gun, new $300.00. Volunteer Mark 111 caliber 45 semi automatic rifle $300.00. Kenmore sewing machine with cabinet $150.00. Singer sewing machine cabinet $150.00. Modine 60,000 BTU gas heater, new $175.00. Best offer on all. 385-9277 after 5 pm. 3-12-3-21C RAILROAD TIES, bulk grass seed, custom mix, fertilizers, much more. Woodstock Farm & Lawn Center. 815-338-4200 3-7tfc 4 FARM TRACTORS with snow removal equipment. 338-6664. 3-12-3-lc -^TAcrvoura-- PHONE 385-0170 New Organization Views School Teacher Reduction At the March 12 meeting of STAY (Save Teachers And Youth), members discussed the program cuts that were proposed at the District 15 school board meeting March 11. - *>r It was reported that reductions in personnel may be necessary in band, sports, music, art and shop etc. Members were unhappy that the financial Situation of District 15 was not publized a.s.o. more actively at an earlier i time so that measures could have oeen taken to prevent the current crisis. "Thought For Food" The question was raised why a fee could not be charged to offset the expense of coaches, band leaders, and musical and athletic equipment. The finance committee proposed fund raising projects that would benefit all children, such as collecting soup labels, trading stamps, active advertising of rental of school buildings, par­ ticipating in recycling drives It was unanimously carried that these suggestions would be .sub­ mitted in writing to the school board together with ah invitation to an informal meeting where members of * STAY and concerned .citizens could ask questions and propose solutions. The membership com­ mittee was happy to an­ nounce 27 new members and x it was hoped that many more concerned parents will join STAY soon. : The date of the next meeting of STAY will be March] 24 and concerned parents are invited to attend. For further information call 385^0297. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS Lt. Governor Dave O'Neal, chairman of the state s Abandoned Mined Land Reclamation council, an­ nounced the completion of an evaluation study of 75 abandoned coal mine sites having potentially hazar­ dous conditions. The study was conducted by the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Based on the results of the study, the council has ap­ plied for funds from the federal Office of Surface Mining to eliminate the hazardous conditions, which include inadequately sealed mine entries and deteriorating mine struc­ tures. Contact the council, 704 William G. Stratton building, Springfield, 62706, (217-782-0588), to report abandoned mine sites with similar conditions. Set Agriculture Day Theme McHenry County Farm Bureau joins in boosting the 1980 Agriculture day theme- "Thought for Food"-as the nation takes a moment to reflect on the considerable contribution of the farmers of this land March 20. In addition to saluting farmers for feeding this nation and providing enough food to export a whopping $32 billion last year, Agriculture day is intended to call attention to the 96 percent of the American people who don't know of the many challenges facing agriculture today, Larry Harris, Farm Bureau manager, said this week. "Cpnsumers must be made aware of the pressing farm issues, as inflation, fuel shortages, environmental ' FOR SALE HUGE VOLUME FANTASTIC SAVINGS Twin Mattress $29.00 Full Mattress $39.00 Queen Size Sets $139.00 Bunk Beds $139.00 Full Size Sleeper $189.00 LENNY FINE FURNITURE 815-455-4550 pressures, Inroads into farmland by developers and highway builders, and the impact these matters can have on the lives of all city people," urged Harris. Although only 4 percent of the people in this land farm, four out of 10 working Americans are involved in the food and fiber prQduction and distribution. American agriculture has assets nearly equal to the total assets of all the stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange ($970 billion). "Agriculture is this nation's biggest employer and is one of its biggest consumers," said Harris. No one issue dominates the farmer today as he prepares for the 1980 planting season. He's braced for a 15-20 percent increase in the costs necessary to plant the crop- fuel, fertilizer and equip­ ment repairs, to mention examples. Farmers are worried about the energy situation from two viewpoints: potential shortage or mal­ distribution and continued skyrocketing prices. The turn to agricultural products to produce fuels, such as gasohol, is motivated by the two-fold frustration. Inroads into prime land continues to be an op­ pressive problem. Farmers believe the land is one of this nation's most precious assets. "Increasingly, serious-minded citizens not in the agricultural com­ munity are questioning the indiscriminate take-over of farmland. 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RENTAL • NO installation charge • NEW ful ly automat ic sof teners • TWO year opt ion to buy wi th ~ • FULL rental fee deducted • ONE phone cal l can answer any quest ions 312-259-3393 farmland will be a far greater crisis than the oil shortage if the present trend to take over a million acres of land out of production a year continues," warned Harris. Award Highway Contract Among contracts for road improvement in the amount of $9.9 million, awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, was one of interest in McHenry. A.A. Electric Co., of Cicero was the successful bidder to furnish and install traffic signals at the in­ tersections of Rt. 120 with Crystal Lake road and with Industrial drive. The bid amounted to $99,555. MONEY FOR HIGHWAYS McHenry county received $74,625 as its share of allotments amounting to $3,101,212 (except Cook county) from motor fuel tax funds paid into the state treasury during December. The money is used for high­ way needs. , v Timely Tune '" Song hit for the month: "You Sweet, Deductible You." -Record, Columbia, S.C. ARLINGTON SOFT WATER CO. N o I » n t h e f o * V o l l e y A r e a CB LITTON mm S S # Microwave Cooking ̂ ̂ Free Microwave Cooking Demonstrations DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 22 TIME: 9:30 AM TO 1:30 PM PLACE: CAREY APPLIANCE, INC. • Learn how easy it is to cook with Litton's Meai-In-One™ • Microwave Oven. • How to cook 1,2,3 foods, even a complete meal, all at once! • How to grill a cheese sandwich in 90 seconds, cook bacon in 2 minutes, bake a potato in 4. minutes! • A trained home economist will answer all your questions about microwave ovens. • Come taste the results for yourself! PRICES START AT: *328.00 Utton... changing the way AmcricaCooks. Low price Litton range with microwave, too! More for your money! A microwave and a range a!! in one. • Combines microwave speed with conventional heat. • Qoil top. • Automatic oven control. • 60-minute microwave timer. • Large 3.2 cu. ft. interior. • Cooks with metal utensils. • Easy-clean porcelain interior. • LITTON Microwave Cooking Model 621 CAREY APPLIANCE . SALES S SERVICE 1241 N. Green St. 385-5500 McHENRY, ILL EXPLODING THREE Mil ISLAND. Think back. It hasn't been that long ago. Pennsylvania looked like it might be blown off the map any minute, turned into a radioactive no-mans-land forever. "Permanently uninhabitable" was the way they said it in the movie, The China Syndrome. That's the trouble. A lot of people said a lot of , things. And a lot of it just wasn't true. Not even close. Take the hydrogen bubble that mads all the headlines. Bubble, nothing. The implication was time bomb, ticking away. And that would've frightened anybody who didn't have a degree in chemistry. The fact is, that bubble couldn't explode. Not by any stretch of the imagination. To understand why; you have to understand how the hydrogen got there in the first place. And that takes some understanding of how the reactor at Three Mile Island was designed to work. It's the pressurized-water t ype, meaning the fuel core was c< >oled by keeping it submerged in water. H2O. Hydrogen and oxygen Heated by the core to more than 550 degrees, well beyond the boiling point. What kept it from boiling was pressure, approximately 2.000 pounds worth. But on March 28th, last year, a relief valve on the pressurizer stuck open, tbe.pressure dropped, and the water--the H2O--inside the reactor boiled into steam. When that happened, the zirconium-alloy tubes housing the fuel underwe nt a chemical reaction. A kind of accelerated rusting that combined the zirconium from the tubes with oxygen from the water to form zirconium oxide. That's important, because witlrall the oxygen used up by the chemical reaction, the only part of the water left was hydrogen. The bubble. And what nobody hx ithered to tell you at the time was that without oxygen, hydrogen can't explode. On May 1st, more than a month later, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission admitted the scare was all a mistake. Roger Mattson, Director of its Systems Safety Division, told a congressional committee there "never was any danger of a hydrogen explosion in that bubble." That never made headlines. And more than likely, neither will the fact that even if there had been a meltdown, it wouldn't have spelled chaster for Pennsylvania. It couldn't have. First of all, the fuel core in the reactor vessel was surrounded by a containment building. Not just any budding, an immense fortress with an enormously thick Union Deposit HARR MILE ISLAN YORK floor. Eleven feet of solid concrete reinforced with steel. Second, for a molten mass to eat through it, that concrete-and-steel floor couldn't be covered with water. But water is what's used to ax)I the core. And when the relief valve on the pressurizer stuck open, sending several hundred thousand gallons shooting out, the law of gravity gave it only one place to go. Down to the fl(K>r. right under the7 reactor vessel. Right in the path a molten mass would take. That's the fallacy of the meltdown theory. In spite of the overwhelming odds against it, if Jill systems failed, if the entire core melted, if it got through the f(X)t-thick steel reactor vessel in one piece and dropped to the fkx>r below, it would've been stopped right there. Cooled by an ocean of water inside the containment building, not 20 feet from where the meltdown started. As for any sudden burst of steam pressure that might be released when the molten mass hits the water, it wouldn't be nearly- powerful enough to rupture the walls of the building. Walls capable of withstanding almost twice as much force. In other words, there was no way for significant radioactkjty to reach the atmosphere outside. The point of it all is that Three Mile Island and nuclear* power itself deserve a fairer shake. A second l(x)k minus the hysteria, the hyperbole, the half-truths, and the untruths. They deserve a close, careful reading of the facts. True, we've experienced the worst accident in the 22 years America has been using nuclear energy to produce electricity. But it wasn't the apocalypse. No one died. And except for the stress of being scared stiff, no one was injured. Despite the equipment failures and failures in judgment,despite everything that went wrong, the safety systems worked. What really exploded were myths. e Comrronwealth Edison One in a series of ads on the issue of energy in our community, paid for by the company and not puMUhed at tmr (u«lom*fV rxprnse.