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PAGE 20 - PLAINDEALEE - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. H81 Wonder Lake Anne Sowers 653-9549 See Progress Of Musicians In order to see the progress made in music from fifth grade band members through the high school band, a concert will be given Sunday, Feb. 8, beginning at 2 p.m., in the . Woodstock high school gym. It is most rewarding for parents and students alike to see what can be done with an instrument when patience and constant practice are maintained. The public is invited and the concert is free to all who attend. ATTEND SNOWMOBILE CHAMPIONSHIP Since snow conditions haven't been very conducive to good snowmobiling in our area, ten Wonder Lake men left Friday, Jan. 16, for Land O'Lakes, Wis., to spend four days enjoying the IB inches of snow they found. While there, they attended the World's Championship Snowmobile Derby along with over 30 thousand other spectators. Needless to say, by Sunday, with that many snowmobile lovers, the trails were in pretty bad riding condition! On Saturday, the group ventured up into Michigan and with this ride along with their riding from the other days, managed to add another 250 miles to their sleds by the time they arrived back home to Wonder Lake Monday night, Jan. 19. Among those in the group were: Steve Borta, Wayne Kurchina, Duke Norton, Ed Resetar, Chuck Sowers, Sherman, Len and Jeff Spencer, and Frank Teresi and Frank Teresi, Jr. WEIGHTPROGRAM Now that we can start thinking of Spring which won't be too far off, it would be the perfect time to start doing something about those extra pounds we all seem to acquire over the winter months. Wonder Lake has its own chapter of a weight program which meets every Thursday at Christ the King hall from 1-2:30 p.m. This is a non­ profit organization and they use a calorie counting method and meet to help encourage their members in a weight loss. After you have lost the weight you intended, then you try to maintain that weight. If you are interested in the group, you could contact the leader, Mary McCarty at 728-0608, the secretary, Pat Dustimer at 653-6310, or Contest chairman, Dorthy Valentine at 653-9345. GARDEN CLUB December's agenda for the Wonder Lake Garden club was our annual lun­ cheon and gift exchange. A happy time with together­ ness, delicious fare, and lively conversation amid pine and poinsettia. Mrs. Helen Gilliland was the hostess for January, welcoming our guest speaker and new member, Mrs. Marge Dugan, a member of "The National Society of Decorative Painters", who aptly demonstrated various crafts from wood carving to tole and scratch painting and inspired us all! Our next meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ruth Kinzie, 4215 E. Wonder Lake road. On Saturday, Feb. 14, beginning at 10 a.m., we will hold a 'Coffee And' to take place at Ostand Acres, 2008 N. Ridge road, McHenry. On your busy day, take time to enjoy, a minute to relax, and pick up some goodies for Valentine's day. See you then. Mrs. B. Alderson Publicity Chairwoman CHILD'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT REAGAN In order to show the happiness of all Americans on the return home of our hostages who were held in Iran, President Ronald Reagan declared Jan. 29 a national holiday, a Day of Thanksgiving. All of the public schools along with most of the private schools throughout the United States were given a day off from classes. While grocery shopping, we saw many happy faces of children who were able to accompany mom on her weekly trip. One third grade boy, David Cambell, of Wonder Lake, expressed the sentiment of many young students. He feels President Reagan is going to do a good job because here he is in office only a short time and already he gave kids a day off. What a way to win friends among the younger set! VALENTINE WEDDING Gregory B. Moore, son of Jack and Dorthea Moore of Wonder Woods, and Rhonda Kay Hansvick, of Car- pentersville, will be celebrating Valentine's day, Feb. 14 in a very special way for the rest of their lives. They will become husband and wife on that day in St. Stephan's Lutheran church in Carpentersville, 111. Rhonda graduated from Barrington high school and is presently employed at Quaker Oats. After Greg graduated from Woodstock high school, he attended MacCormack Junior college in Villa Park, 111. Greg's brother, David, will be serving as best man for the Valentine wedding. Congratulations to the happy couple who will be making their home in Carpentersville. SCOUTSUNDAY Feb. 8 is designated Scout Sunday on which day all scouts are encouraged to wear their uniforms while attending church services of their own faiths. TROOP 419 BROWNIES The Brownies of Troop 419 will be having a very special day, Saturday Feb. 7 when they entertain their dads at a Father-Daughter potluck dinner. It will be held at Nativity Lutheran church at 1 p.m. The girls will begin to take orders for Girl Scout cookies from Feb. 20-28. They will also be involved in a project to help the M c H e n r y F I S H organization. They will be collecting canned goods, paper products, and soap. Marilyn Iodice and Ruth Thorsen are the two troop leaders of Troop 419. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Feb. 5 Woman's club Board meeting; 8 p.m. Feb. 8 W.L. Frost-Bite Golf Open; 10 a.m. Feb. 8 Scout Sunday Feb. 8 District 200 Band Concert; 2 p.m. Feb. 11 Wonder Woods Aux l p.m. Feb. 12 No School; Lin­ coln's birthday WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE Music for a Sunday Afternoon • February 8, 2:30 p.m. Regenstein Trio • March 15, 2:30 p.m. Mary Beth Peil, soprano • April 12, 2:30 p.m. Stephen Kates, cello Tickets: $7.00 reserved; $4.00 seniors; $3.00 students. $18.00 s*rie«; $9.00 senior series; $6.00 student series. • Reservations: (815)338-5300 This series is sponsored by the Woodstook Fine Arts Association and made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. ROBERT MUSIKflNTOW. Ph.D. psychologist for the Family Service and Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County • 'Talking Book' Service (Editor's Note: This is another article in the Today's Psychology weekly series of especially written articles for McHenry county readers. The topic this week is "Performance Anxiety".) An important barrier to the ability to experience s a t i s f a c t o r y s e x u a l relations, is a syndrome which psychologists have termed "performance, anxiety". Performance anxiety occurs whenever a person becomes overly concerned with other people's opinions about their sexuality to the point that their concerns begin to in­ terfere with sexual en­ joyment. A person obsessed with sexual performance believes that there are certain standards which they must live up to in order to feel okay about themselves as lovers. They believe that they must have just the right amount of sexual in­ teractions and do things in just the proper manner/ Such people approach sex as if it was some sort of com petitive activity. In their minds, they create sex as an activity where there is the possibility of failing. Having this competitive, trying to prove yourself attitude can create all sorts of sexual difficulties. It can lead to feelings of anxiety and frustration as well as such sexual problems as impotence. In less' severe cases it can lead to a reduction in sexual en­ joyment, as sex becomes more and more like work and less like play. The antidote to per­ formance anxiety is to quit comparing yourself to other people and to standards of performance that lie outside yourself. Take the attitude that sex is a form of loving communication and a means of mutual pleasure giving between two consenting adults. The idea is not to prove how great you are but rather to express love and affection in a mutually enjoyable way. McCullom Lake Dawn Miller 385-4901 Village Board Has Meeting , There was a board meeting Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m., Many important issues were discussed, one of which is the upcoming election. The following people will be running for office; president, Monty Yates, Ralph Regner, and Ron Krumsee; village clerk, Dawn Miller, and Joanne Weisenberger; trustees, Lois Parenti, Dominick Knitter, Thomas Olsen, Carol Krumsee, and Nancy Yates. These are all four year terms. The election will be held Tuesday, Apr. 7 and polls will be open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. This will be a multiple election, including village official, township elections, and possibly a school district referendum. If you are not registered to vote, please do so. You can register to vote at the village clerk's during office hours, or at the courthouse during office hours, or by con­ tacting one of your com­ mitteemen, Kurt Weisen­ berger or Monty Yates. The deadline to register to vote for this election is March 10. Our village board is taking on the big job of revising the v i l l a g e o r d i n a n c e s . S om e o f . the original ordinances date all the way back to 1955, and are so antiquated. They probably won't be ready for publication for another year or so as there is so much work involved. Also, I have been asked to remind you that vehicle^ stickers are in and can be purchased at the clerk's office during hours on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. The stickers must be displayed by Mar. 31. I have another note of interest. The refrigerator went out down at the beach house. If any one has an old or used one in working condition and would care to donate it to the village, please contact Karen Parks who is in charge of the beach house. You can also contact her about rental of the beach house. VISITOR FROM ITALY Anthony Martini just spent five weeks in America visiting with his son, Sergio and family. Mr. Martini is from San Remo, Italy which is close to the French border and near the French cities of Nice and Monte Carlo. The last time he visited his son's family was in 1975. Sergio and his son Tony flew to Italy in 1978 to visit Tony's grandfather. While here Sergio took his dad to Chicago for sight­ seeing and to Lake Geneva, Wis. It was a very merry Christmas and a happy new year in the Martini household. CUB SCOUT DEN 3 Pack 142 held their annual Pinewood Derby Jan. 24 at Valley View school. Among the winners of the derby were two boys from Den 3, right here in the village. Roger Gates was first runner-up in the Best of Show category, and John Lawson took first place in the ten-year-old competition and third place in Overall competition. Congratulations to these fine boys, their parents, and their .caring den mother, Joanne ^ Weisenberger. ANNIVERSARY PARTY Frank and Beverly Rourke just celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary Jan. 18, with a family dinner at a lovely restaurant. The entire dinner was given by a dear friend, Bay Kenney from Adrian, Mich., who was unable to be here. The Rourkes have three lovely children, Cynthia (Freund), John, and Kevin, and five beautiful grand­ children. Accordion music was played which the children loved dancing to, beautiful flowers were received, and a good time was had by all. BIRTHDAY PARTIES Ryan Miller celebrated his eighth birthday Friday, Jan. 23, with a pizza party. His friends included, Michael Turner, Mathew Yeggi, Gary Ericson, Roger Gates, and of course, brother Shawn and sister Joy. The kids rode bikes, played games, ate pizza, and en­ joyed a snoopy birthday cake. Right across the street from Millers, another party was taking place. It was Wendy Turner's 12th bir­ thday. She had 11 school friends over including Colleen Huff, Colleen Con­ way, Giovanna Tonyan, Paula Wray, Kari Huinker, Sue Sharp, Sue Bassi, Kathy Mauer, Kathy Byrnes, Mary Seivererin, and finally Tracy Jensen. The girls ice skated on Mr. Turner's hand made ice rink, danced to records, sang, played games, and enjoyed pizza and cake, and then finally went to bed, and probably giggled all night. FIRST BORN We'd like to send our best wishes and congratulations to John (Jack) and Lynn Morris on the recent birth of their first child, Nicholas John, who was born Dec. 31, 1980, just a day after the birth of Jonathon Nelson, his neighbor. BIRTHDAYS Birthday wishes this week go to Stephanie Kloeckner and Ricky Scarbrough on Feb. 4, Maureen Caron and Allen McKim Feb. 6; Shelley Yates Feb. 8; Leslie Walter, Kari Wyman, Ron Svoboda Feb. 9; and Terri White Feb. 10. May all be safe, happy, and healthy ones. ANNIVERSARIES We want to wish a healthy and happy anniversary to Chuck and Barb Thacker Feb. 5; and to Lloyd and Millie Wright Feb. 7. COMMU W'HFfljylt NDAR 7:30 p.m. Beach House tonight Beach Gals. Ladies welcome. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Village board. All welcome. cReal ^Estate by Realtor Ron Bykowski CENTURY 21 CARE REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENT CAN BE COSTLY You can make a million mistakes trying to tell your own horn*. And on« of thorn is making tho wrong im­ provements. Many times, an expensive addition or repair can be the kind of thing that'll cost you far more than you get back. True, the house should present a favorable apperan- ce - mowed lawn, trimmed shrubs, and no obvious in­ dications of neglect, but it's rare when a large financial undertaking will bring more than its cost in the final selling price. There is always the finan­ cial risk of miscalculation too. Home repair costs frequently end up a lot higher than originally anticipated. You may end up with a faster sale and less inconvenience if you lower the selling price and equivalent omount. Instead of guessing as to how much, if any, repair work to undertake, see a Realtor. He can tell you what to do to make your home more salable. And what not to do so you won't lose money. ******** If there is anything we con do to help you in the field of real estate, please phone or stop in ot CENTURY 21 CARE REAL ESTATE, Rte. 120 - across from Jewel Foods • McHenry, Phone: 344-1033. We're here to help! MAMtTWIASUT J Randy Walter, an MCC student from Harvard, demonstrates the new Talking Books equipment provided as a service to the blind and handicapped in the college's Learning Resources center. Randy is a student assistant in the LRC at the college. McHenry County college is offering a new service for people who are blind or physically handicapped. The new service, Talking Books, is designed for both those who are unable to see well enough to read con­ ventional printed material and those who are unable to turn pages or hold a book. Both those with permanent disabilities and those with temporary disabilities are eligible to use the free service. Currently MCC has 20 cassette tapes and records of Talking Books available for use at the college's Learning Resources Center (LRC). The available titles include n o v e l s , b e s t - s e l l e r s , magazines and classics. In addition, librarians in the LRC can provide blind or . handicapped individuals with information about how they can receive Talking Books in their own homes under a free program operated by the Library of Congress. A special carrel designed for use by the handicapped has been set up with places for two people at a time to listen to the Talking Book recordings. In addition to the Talking Books the library has on hand, MCC's LRC can order additional titles from the Northern Illinois Library system and receive delivery within a few days. For additional information on the new library service telephone the college's LRC at (815) 455-3700 extension 284. MCC's campus is designed to make access for han­ dicapped individuals as easy as possible. In addition, the college campus is served by Regional Transportation Authority buses for han­ dicapped individuals who need transportation to MCC. 9 F Light One Candle 1 If the rising cost of living is creating a financial crisis in your household, it may be time to put your family on "inflation alert." When you do this, be careful not to scare children by giving them visions of the poor house. Just leave them with the idea they may have to wait a while for a new bicycle, not that they will have to wear rags. While your family is on "in­ flation alert," try not to spread dollars thinner than they can go. But, every time you spend a dollar, weigh your spending with inflation in mind. Where can you trim? Cut out snacks your family really doesn't need, or look for ways to do-it- yourself instead of paying others to perform services for you. And you will probably save money by rediscovering free sources of entertainment for your family. Families on "inflation alert," probably won't have to lower their standard of living, Dr. Rozier emphasizes. Rather, they'll make sure that their spending support? their stan­ dards. Those Who Need Us Most Every year is a new beginning. In fact every day is a new dawning, a chance to put the past behind you and start again. In relation to Jesus Christ, you might ask yourself: What am I all about? Why am I where I am? How did I come to choose the life I'm living right now? What am I doing with my God-given gifts? When Jesus walked the earth, "He went about doing good." Who were the people He sought out? It seemed always to be the down­ trodden, the rejected. And then, as though to give us a model, He said, "When you see Me, you see the Father." His mission of love extended to all. To the prostitute He said, "Go and sin no more," but He treated her mercifully. "Because she has loved much, much has been forgiven her." The despised tax collec­ tors were mercenaries hired by the Roman occupation army to collect taxes from their own people. Jesus paid no attention to the religious leaders who counted them as spiritually dead. By example He taught us that no one is beyond God's loving em­ brace. The lepers were banished from society* not only because of fear, but because of a fatalism which decreed that God had already con­ demned them for their sins or the sins of their parents. To this mentality Jesus said "No." He would not allow God's love to be truncated by ignorance. God loves freely, all His children, but especially th­ ose in greatest need. This re­ aching, out is central to the life of Jesus. "He died for us that we might live no longer for ourselves but for Him." (2 Cor. 5:15) Are we reaching out as Jesus did? Or are we more inclined to be turned in on ourselves? Do our ministries exist predominantly to nourish the saved or do they venture beyond "safe" limits? Does our faith help us to love not merely our own (though, granted they have the first claim), but those who do not expect it, those who do not seem to deserve it? Are we secure enough through faith, to reach out where love is needed most? Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, "Faith in action is love, love in action is ser­ vice." I think Jesus would agree with her. What do you think? Florida - One of the thousands of 50-pound CARE food sacks bound for hungry people in Uganda did not reach its destination. While being loaded onto a ship in Pensacola Port it fell into the Bay and floated to a deserted beach near the Fort Pickens National Seashore. A young couple found the bag. A message in bright blue and red letters proclaiming the contents as "a gift of the people of the United States of America" was printed in 12 different languages on the bag. Although the bag had been exposed to 25 Vz hours of sun, water and sand, when the couple emptied it they found the contents, soy- fortified corn meal, per­ fectly intact. Economics Books Given To Schools In the name of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce, Verna Donovan has presented the award w i n n i n g " E c o n o m i c s f o r Young Americans, Phase . Ill' to Dr. D. Duane Andreas, superintendent of Johnsburg School District No. 12 and R o b e r t S w a r t z l o f f , superintendent of McHenry Community School District No. 156. This newest installment is designed to provide teachers with an even broader program than the original Phase I, winner of the F r e e d o m F o u n d a t i o n "Principal Award" in economics education. This new phase, made available through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was developed with the assistance of teaching professionals with student participation. It deals with c o m p e t i t i o n , . p r i c i n g , paychecks and savings. 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