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• PAGE 19 - PLAIN DEALER - FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. lttl > - L . Welcome To A New Family One of the newest families in the McHenry community has U hard working members who live at the recently built group home at 4510 Ponca. Each working day, the residents arise at about 6 a.m. in order to get ready for work. For three of the residents, work is at fac­ tories or establishments in the county. The remaining eight residents all work at the Pioneer center vocational rehabilitation facility in the Tonyan In­ dustrial park, south of McHenry. The residents return home at about 3:30 p.m. each afternoon. The home exudes a happy, warm atmosphere and when asked if there is anything the residents are unhappy with or would like to change, the most common answer is, "No, nothing." Life at the home includes supervision in cooking, shopping, the use of public transportation and money matters - all with the goal of helping the resident reach the highest level of in­ dividual development, ac­ cording to the group home program director, Cathy Csech. The ultimate goal of the five staff members who work with the residents is to have the residents proficient enough at independent living skills, like cooking, budgeting, banking, using transportation, that they can foove into their own apart­ ments. Every resident at the group home, which is a corporation under the auspices of the Pioneer center, has particular jobs to do each day. The jobs range from helping with the actual food preparation, to cleaning after the meal, setting the table, to the various chores involved in keeping the house clean. Each month the jobs are rotated. Later in the evening, there are programs designed for individual residents and small groups. Among these are sessions in counseling, sex education and an op­ portunity for staff members and residents to voice their concerns or feelings. "The residents are all very supportive of each other in working out their problems," Ms. Csech said. All is not work, as recreation is considered an important facet of life at the group home. Currently, the residents are focusing their interest on Softball, Ms. Csech noted. She commented that some of the residents may be moving out in about a year. "Others may not, but all are encouraged to develop to their highest level of achievement," she said. The residents all have general self-help skills, Ms. Csech explained, and must be able to communicate their wants and needs. To a man, she continued, the residents possess a strong motivation toward independence. The restrictions are not much more stringent than would be placed on any family. The residents are free to go uptown, but they are required to let a staff member know and they do sign out. Help with the meals is mandatory and the residents have to attend all the programs. According to staffer John Bobbe, the residents work during the day to develop the vocational skills that will hopefully enable them to get jobs and work at the home to develop the social skills needed to live in­ dependently, with the ultimate goal of self- sufficiency. Program manager Cathy Csech confers with Mark Doerr on his progress at the group home. All the residents are encouraged to develop their independent living skills. Don Taylor sets the table prior to the evening meal at the Group Home. The chores are varied on a regular basis and everyone helps out. Staff Photos Wayne Gaylord Story by Tony Oliver \ 1 Mark Doerr helps caseworker Ellyn Campbell prepare the evening meal. They are by a dietician and residents are free to make suggestions regarding the meals, reading the directions on a box of rice. The meals at the Group Home are approved Carolyn Powell combs her hair in the privacy of her own room at the group home. Checkerboard Squares Will Aid Recycling Beginning with the Aug. 1 drive no paper products, besides newspapers, are accepted at the regularly scheduled first and third Saturday of every month recycling drives, according to the McHenry County Defenders. Working along with the Defenders at the Aug. 15 drive will be members of the Checkerboard Squares, McHenry's square dance club. They will be on hand to help unload cars of recyclable material, offer baling twine to those needing it for tying future bundles of newspaper, and prepare the materials for the next step toward being made into useful products again. These drives are held at the McHenry Market Place in the southeast corner of the parking lot from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and accept newspapers, glass con­ tainers, flattened steel cans, aluminum products and used motor oil. For the past eight years, with the exception of a two- month period in 1980, the Defenders have made it possible for people to recycle their mixed papers, magazines, junk mail and cardboard boxes. Recently, Defender members took a 40-foot semi-trailer of mixed papers to Johns-Manville, their usual outlet, and were told it was the last load the firm could accept. Roofing shingles, the product which utilized the mixed papers, are now being made primarily of fiber­ glass. The paper mills have become more selective and will purchase only newspapers from now on. After making phone calls around the state and into Wisconsin, the Defenders are convinced that, not only has McHenry been the last recycling center accepting mixed paper, but the paper mill to whom they sold was the last one purchasing the material. Recyclers are reluctantly asked to dispose of their magazines, cardboard, paper bags and advertising mail through their regular trash pick-up channels. The recycling committee of the McHenry County Defenders is convinced the market for magazines and junk mail will not open up again. There is a possibility, however, that arrangements may be worked out in the future for the recycling of cardboard products through a different outlet, but for the present the market is closed. In addition to the regular products recycled at the drive, the aluminum pay­ back program will again be in effect. It has proven very successful with over 4,000 lbs. of aluminum cans brought in for recycling at a recent drive. Because of the success of this program and the encouragement it has given to new recyclers to also bring in their newspapers, glass, steel cans and used motor oil, it has been decided to continue the pay-back program on a .twice a month basis, rather than once a month as was done when the program began in March. For more information, call the Defender representative at 385-8512. FIRST WINNER In harness racing at the McHenry County fair, Marogs Touchet, a four- year-old brown gelding, was first in both heats with times of 2:15. The horse is owned by Sharon Rogulic of McHenry and was driven by Richard Copple. • • • • In this land of the free it is noted that all candidates recommend themselves rather highly. tofviltaee Soutre <of «u» 'A GOOD PIACE TO BE" - AUGUST SPECIALS LUNCHEON A 6000 FAST LUNCH C ATC HON - THURS ̂M. ALEXANDER LUMBER CO. "BEST OF EVERYTHING FOR THE BUILDER FEATURING COMPLETE LINES OF: •OLYMPIC STAIN •BRAAAMER CABINETS •ANDERSEN WINDOWS •PRE-HUNG DOORS •NORD SPINDLES •JIAA MARTIN PAINTS •LINCOLN WINDOWS • GAF SHINGLES • BUILDERS HARDWARE •PREFINISHED PANELING •CHAMBERLAIN GARAGE DOOR OPERATORS Phone 385-1424^> 909 N. FRONT ST.. Mc. NRV Dr. C. J. LUDFORD Dr. C. J. LUDFORD and" The McHenry Dental Center Proudly Announces The Association Of wKr W' KEVIN WECRZYN, D.D.S. OMMral Family Dentistry mi m 1324 N. 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