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PAGE 20 - PLAINDF. ALER - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1980 Corn At Six-Year High; Grain Reserve I Called .Aatricaa Vitwpiints Break Ground For Day Care Center Karen Ross, left, director of the Day Care program, discusses her hopes for the expanded Woodstock Day Care center during ground breaking ceremonies at the site-Northhampton and Mansfield in Woodstock. Watching are parents of present Day Care children, board members of the Woodstock Children's home and Woodstock city officials. Construction began last week on the $385,000 center. (Don Peasley Photography) Construction has begun on the $385,000 Woodstock Day Care center, and completion of the facility for 100 children is expected in mid-181. C l i f f o r d R e d d i n g , executive director of the Woodstock Children's home, said bids came with 6 percent of the budgeted amount. After a few cost- saving alternates were determined, the board of directors awarded bids in early October. The»new facility will be located at Northhampton street and Mansfield avenue, near the old building that housed the Woodstock Children's home programs for its 94 years of varied services. The present Day Care program with 54 children is located in that structure. Design of the new struc­ ture provides 7,500 square feet in five modules. Children in each of the modules will have access to a multi-purpose room and an outdoor playground. An additional module will contain supportive services- lounge, office, kitchen and storage. At the front will be a canopy to provide protection from the weather where parents load and unload children. Exterior of the building will be of masonry construction, and mosaics with children will enhance the front. The Woodstock Day Care program, which started in 1 9 7 2 , p r o v i d e s c a r e f o r children age two through the fifth grade under auspices of the Woodstock Day Children's home. Karen Ross is director of the Day Care program, and she explained the type of care the staff provides: "Our goal is to develop all facets of the child-physical, motor and perceptual skills, social and creative abilities- and to provide nutritional meals prepared by a state- licensed dietitian." A survey before the construction program was approved shows a growing demand for the additional facilities, and parents of children currently enrolled in the program are helping with a fund drive aimed to raise money for furniture, playground equipment and landscaping. That fund drive goal is $10,000. Most of the $385,000 for construction is coming from the sale or lease of the Children's home property on Route 47 to Sunset Manor. Children of all denominations attend the Day Care school. Referrals are made to help the child who needs extra help and guidance. Youth Orchestra Presents Concert The Youth Symphony orchestra of Greater Chicago, with Orcenith Smith conducting, will present a special concert at Crystal Lake's Central high school at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. This special performance will benefit the McHenry County Youth orchestra, which was organized in June, 1980, by parents whose children had participated in the District 155 orchestra program, and other parents within the county who wished to increase their children's exposure to or­ c h e s t r a I e n s e m b l e techniques. According to Mrs. Wesley Vos, representing the McHenry County Youth orchestra, proceeds gained from the concert will be used to meet various needs of the group. Most critical is the need for music. Mrs. Vos stated that the tuiton paid by approximately 50 students participating in the or­ chestra only pays the con­ ductor's salary. Tickets for the concert are available at the door. For group rates, call Mrs. Robert F. (Beverly) Loitz, 615 S. McHenry avenue, Crystal Lake. The McHenry County Youth orchestra, under the direction of Thomas Wilson, practices each Saturday morning at North Junior high school in Crystal Lake. Time spent is divided bet­ ween sectional and full or­ chestra rehearsals. Wilson is a doctoral candidate in music at Northwestern university, Evanston. FIRST AID CLASS The Lake Region YMCA is proud to announce the of­ fering of the 15-hour Red Cross standard first aid training. The instructor is Lorrie Koppein. The course is available on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m. for $en weeks beginning Nov. 18. Class size is limited, so sign up now at the Lake Region YMCA at 7315 South Route 31, Crystal Lake. Farmers having com in farmer-owned Grain Reserve I will have until February, 1981, to repay their loans following call of the reserve, according to Chuck McKemie, McHenry county executive director. Although the reserve has been called, farmers are not required to sell the grain. The call requires them to repay their loans within 90 days of the date they are officially notified of the call. County offices of USDA's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation service will offically notify producers whose loans have been called. The reserve is being called because the national average market price for corn has been above the $3.15 bushel reserve call level for five consecutive market days. The Oct. 30 five-day average price of $3.26 is the highest received by farmers since September, 1974. "Farmers who have corn in reserve have reaped higher prices because of their participation", McKemie said. The present national average price of corn is $1.00 more than the season average for 1978, $1.23 above 1977, and $1.10 more than 1976, he said. "This proves the value of the reserve to farmers, and shows that it is working as intended," he said. Approximately 560 million Family Meeting At County School School District No. 3 and the Orchard street school, in coordination with the McHenry County Com­ prehensive Mental Health Service system, will present a program and discussion on the "Family Meeting". All family members are invited to attend free of charge. Refreshments will be ser­ ved. The date and time for this important community event is Nov.18 at 7:30 p.m. at Orchard street school, 401 Orchard street, Fox River Grove. bushels (14.2 million metric tons) of corn remain in Reserve II and III. These reserves are in release status. Call level for those reserves is $3.26 per bushel. Under the farmer-owned grain reserve program farmers are eligible to place feed grains and wheat into a reserve during periods of low prices. In return, far­ mers receive CCC price support loans on the grain in reserve as well as annual storage payments. If prices rise to the "release" level, farmers may repay the loan and market the crop without incurring a penalty. The call level for corn under the Reserve I program is 140 percent of the $2.25 per bushel national average loan rate, or $3.15. Data used by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in determining the call level includes a daily report by the Agricultural Marketing service which shows prices at selected markets. The markets reviewed by CCC for corn are Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Omaha and St. Louis. We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. Henry Ward Beecher How to cope | ̂ with the high cost of heating: tS»! If you're frustrated by the high cost of heating, a Kero-Sun . - portable kerosene heater gives you^-- low cost heat for only pennies an hour. Heats with almost 100% efficiency for 30 hours on less than 2 gallons of clean-burning, safe kerosene. Every Kero-Sun is thoroughly safety-tested. Each has a battery-powered igniter, so you need no matches to light it and each has an automatic shut-off -- in case of tip-over. There's no smoke, no odor, and you need no chimney in­ stallation. This may be the winter when a Kero-Sun portable heater is your only way to handle the high cost of heating. "THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" itoraa P. Fraund 4102 W.xryttal Lake Rds., McHenry 385-0420 PORTABLE HEATERS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1980 FROM NOON UNTIL 7:00 PM at the following Polling Places: Precinct No. 1 Precinct No. 2 Precinct No. 3 McHenry High School-East Campus 1012 North Green (gym entrance) Lakemoor Fire House (Municipal Bldg.-"Old Firehouse") Illinois Route 120 Beach House McCullom Lake The Following Taxpayers Support the School District No. 15 Referendum & Urge You to Vote "YES" Nov. 15th, 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boland Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gray Bill and Kathy Austin Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rabbitt Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mihevc Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Eiserman Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Brady Mr. and Mrs. Ned Rusin Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oeffling Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gelwicks Mr. and Mrs. Alan Werhane "Tee" and Flo Newbrough Tom and Holly Tucker Mr. and Mrs. W. 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