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PAGE * - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, APRIL IS. 1N2 "EARL WALSH" So I Hear The mailman brought this interesting bit about one of McHenry's own: Stan Schaffer of McHenry has always been a car buff from owning classics, sports, ' racing cars, motorcycles, but Stan's "wheel hobby" these days is his two-wheel racer. The second generation McHenry native Mil celebrate his 69th birthday April 17 (bom 1914 in the same home he now resides in, built by his late father Henry J. Schaffer in 1906) and is still going like 50, riding his bike about 12 miles a day (in good weather). He's one "golden boy" who's not letting any grass grow under his wheels! Might as well tell the "golden boy" where this originated. He has a daughter, Mary Schaffer Feeley, who pens under the name of "Sunny Schaffer" for the North Loop News. The Sunny one tells us she often writes something about McHenry When she wrote about Judith Conway Svalander and her downtown dance concert, Mrs. Ger­ trude Gladstone called her. That was nice. Sounds like Mrs. Gladstone. So, Stanley, we found out more about your activities than we knew while living right here in the same burg. From all the nice things said about Rescue Squad members, I am sure they were sent from heaven. If they didn't come from heaven, I am sure they are going there some day. Alvina brought the mail in Tuesday morning as I had soap in my eyes. "What's this", said she, "a letter from the State Police?" Told her to open it. Her anxiety turned to laughter as she read a doozy entitled "April is beautiful". It tells the toeanty of spring and a few not so beautiful things about baseball. OH--what it says about Cub fans! I'm not printing it, but you may see me showing it around. After paying our income tax today, it is not easy to be jolly. Most of us pay a heckuva lot more income tax than our gross earnings in earlier days. Much more. Every year somebody questions my story that at one time only five people earned enough in McHenry to pay income tax. Names were posted in the Post Office for all to see. Along the trail, we met some of our favorite people. Warren and Barb Weber survived Easter in great style and were friendly as ever. Nice to meet. Then came Ken and Marie Diedrich. In the course of con­ versation, I learned Marie is a Cub fan. (Aside from that, she is one of myj favorite girls.) From Ken we leajjrned that he is anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby squirrels in a nest in the hollow of one of his trees. He plans to name the first­ born after me. Now, isn't that sweet! Don't know how the thought entered my head, but recollection of settin' hens came to mind. Like most families we kept chickens right here in McHenry. When an old cluck decided to set, we watched that nest daily. Baby chicks were mighty cute. On farms, settin' hens often "stole their nests" and were often so well hidden nobody would find them 'til the chicks were hatched. Ordinances say we can't keep chickens in the city limits these days. Guess there is no law against canaries. Whoever owned my parents' home before the turn of the century, must have kept a pig or two. There was a small pen in the far corner of the lot, feeding trough and all. [hat i McHenry. THEN rnjhe.growth of LICENSE DEADLINE Secretary of State Jim Edgar has announced that midnight Friday, April 30, is the deadline for car owners with license plate registrations expiring in April to display the orange 1983 stickers in the upper left corner of their rear license plate. Effective Saturday, May 1, anyone driving a car with an expired brown, April 1982, sticker will be subject to a fine for improper registration. John Rice Unlicensed Assistant Quebfam... What are some ways to help a child who has lost a parent? First It is important to make sure the child is honestly included in all infor­ mation and planning. This means be­ ing honest about the death and answering the child's questions. It also means allowing but not forcing child­ ren to go to the funeral or visitation as they wish. Secondly, a child needs love and security. Let a child know they will be cared for, take an interest in school work and include them in play. Some children resent being pressured to accept burdens beyond their reach. "Taking over for Dad or Mom" may be too much responsibility. Naturally, changes will occur but a child needs time and help in adjusting to them. 3519 West Elm Street, McHenry, Illinois 60050 (815) 385-2400 Pastor Will Present Teen Challenge Story THE REV. ED HOWE Maranatha Assembly of God church in McHenry has invited the Rev. Ed Howe to present the Teen Challenge Story during the morning worship service Sunday, April 18. The Rev. Howe is executive director of Chicago Teen Challenge, the Chicago branch of a ( worldwide organization dealing with troubled youth and especially drug related problems. According to Pastor Thompson, Teen Challenge has the most successful drug deliverance program in the world." The Rev. Howe, 20 years an Assemblies of God pastor before taking the helm of Chicago Teen Challenge in 1977, will also be showing the short film, "Herion City, U.S.A." This film depicts the desperate straits of a drug addict until his contact with Teen Challenge. The Rev- Howe and Teen Challenge are also heavily involved in drug and alcohol prevention, conducting seminars for schools and-or parents. Maranatha Assembly of God meets in the McHenry Masonic lodge at 1309 North Court street, in McHenry Service time for this special service will be 10:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend this enlightening service, especially those needing help or information concerning drug related problems. For further in­ formation call 344-0557. m m m I ' l l < ( i o i > s t a f f p s y c h o l o g i s t _news ( torn the Family Service and Mental Health Cl inic ot McHeniy County. (Editor's note: This is another in a series of especially written articles for McHenry County readers. Joseph Cools is a psychologist on the Family Service and Community Mental Health Center staff. This article is "Coping-The "New" Morality".) There is nothing new about the new morality, other than the sensationalized publicity about the moral decadence of modern society. Children and adults are faced with the same puzzling and sometimes frightening moral choices that have plagued mankind since the formation of society. In the struggle for individualism, each person attempts in his or her own way to derive pleasure, comfort, freedom and meaning out of a short existence. Because some ("morally lax") people choose casual sex over a meaningful relationship does not mean that our society has opted for the dissolution of family life. Because other ("dope ad­ dicts") people choose to indulge in artificial chemical highs does not mean that the nation has decided to em­ brace drug addiction. Because still other ("corrupt politicians") people choose to accept illegal money does not mean that our country has accepted money as a god. There has always been, and there will always be, those individuals who choose anti-social and borderline behavior as an attempt to inject meaning into their lives. To any historian, this "new" morality is not new at all; every culture has had individuals who operate outside the expected rules of conduct. Equally evident is the fact that this existence never permeates to the majority of people because man is biologically social and familial, and these abnormal behaviors do not satisfy the basic social needs of man. More than a century ago, Dostoyevsky wrote his magnificent novel of a man who placed himself above the rules of society. The self imposed torture of this man, alienated from society, forced him back to embrace the meaningful existence of love and acceptance of the society he once scorned. The majority will always choose normal human behavior. The deviants only qnphagize this need for the majority. • - - - • t m r » ~ -- -- -- i«. *. 11 mmm %• • Snappy remark^,, s^... often senseless utter­ ances. Three of a kind-golf­ ers, fishermen and proud parents. Courthouse Squares v ^ PATIENCE IS SOMETIMES CONSIDERED A VIRTUE WHEN IT IS MERELY A CASE OF MOT KNOWING WHAT Garden Corner Initiative Goal This is the time for planting, pruning, trimming, spraying, sowing and mowing. Here are some suggestions from the members of the Illinois State Nurserymen^ association to make the time more productive in the yard and garden. 1. Now is the time to put gardening tools in shape for spring use. Lawn mowers should be sharpened, and garden tillers and other equipment put into good working condition. Check with your area repair shop. They will probably be less busy this month than the rest of the season and will be able to give you more personal attention. 2-- As weather permits, complete pruning of grape vines and deciduous trees and shrubs (those that lose their leaves in the fall), particularly those that have been neglected and are tangled or overgrown. Grapes should definitely be attended to now; normally they are pruned in February to avoid sap "bleeding" from the cuts. The bleeding doesn't hurt the plant but causes the gardeners con­ cern. This is also a good time to feed fruit trees. If you notice that your trees or shrubs show signs of scale insects you may want to use a dormant oil spray which can be applied economically after surplus growth is cut away. This can be done when temperatures remain above 33 degrees F. for 24 hours. Remember that any spraying is more efficient if done after pruning. 3--Where the climate permits, begin removing winter protection from plants that have been covered, but don't be in a rush to do so. As growth starts under the mulch, that's the signal to start the removal process. 4--When cutting back overgrown or unshapely deciduous shrubs or bushes, best results can be seen if cut to within three to six inches of the ground, fertilized, mulched and kept watered during dry spells in the summer. You may do this right now with the late- blooming plants, but for the early bloomers, such as .JtoR&tlua.. *pitea .and mock orangttryou-^nay'Wait until they have dropped their flowers. If not crowded, those unshapely bushes will renew themselves and take on the attractive charac­ teristics of well-groomed landscaping. This also allows the plant to grow back into its natural form and beauty. 5--This is also a time for planting. As soon as the ground becomes loose and workable, plant deciduous trees and shrubs so that they can start into new growth. Take care not to break any roots, and after planting, water and mulch the ground around them. 6--Don't delay tran­ splanting spring-flowering biennials into their summer flowering quarters. If they have been stored in cold frames, harden them gradually for about two weeks before transplanting, and leave them without protection day and night. 7--This is a time for preparing your flowering perennials. Many asters, chrysanthemums and phloxes that have become too large may have to be divided and parts replanted. When dividing parts of those perennials, replant the younger, strongCT parts and discard the inner, older portions. An application of a complete fertilizer should be applied to perennial beds and worked into the surface with a spading fork, taking care not to damage any shoots. 8--If you have a greenhouse, don't let sunny days get ahead of you. Keep up with the rapid growth going on inside it. A few days delay in transplanting seedlings can cause sowing dates to be missed and cuttings taken too late result in less satisfactory-jtlanU. - Make sure that the tender foliage is shaded, and humidity is maintained at desirable levels. On sunny days some plants like being misted or sprayed very lightly with water. Take care to watch that soil in pots and benches does not dry out. At the same time check to be sure that the soil is not always in a state of constant saturation. Coalition Is Within • 100,000 Signatures I Patrick Quinn of the Coalition for Political Honesty has announced that the Coalition is within 100,000 signatures of placing the Illinois Initiative on the November referendum ballot "At a time when tens of thousands of Illinois citizens are rushing to meet federal and state income tax deadlines, Coalition volunteers are rushing to collect the rest of the 252,000 petitiori signatures we need by April 30," Quinn said. "We urge all taxpayers to support the Illinois Initiative and give themselves a greater voice as to how their taxes are raised and spent." Quinn said thousands of Coalition volunteers will be collecting signatures every April weekend at shopping centers, grocery stores, banks and other meeting places. The Coalition has designated this Saturday, April 17, as Political Honesty day throughout Illinois. If approved by voters in November, the Illinois Initiative would amend the state constitution to enable citizens to enact statewide laws by petition and referendum. If the Initiative is passed, Quinn said the Coalition's first priority will be to enact a comprehensive package of campaign and legislative reforms, including the following: -a law to prohibit political candidates from spending campaign funds on them­ selves and their families; • - e 1 i m i n a t i o n o f doubledipping, the practice of legislators' holding two or more public payroll jobs; -prohibition of "lame- duck" salary and pension increases, approved by a departing legislature after election day; -strict guidelines to prevent legislators from voting on measures on which they have a conflict of in­ terest; -fuller disclosure of spending by Springfield lobbyists; - - s t r i c t r e p o r t i n g requirements and other controls on out-of-state travel by legislators and executive officials to eliminate wasteful junkets. Quinn said the initiative process has worked well in the 22 states which already have it. He said anyone interested in signing or passing an Initiative petition should write to the Coalition for Political Honesty, P.O. Box 708; Oak Park, 111. 60303; or phone (312 ) 524-1978. Keepin' Healthy 9--The seed sowing of annuals and some vegetables for later outdoor planting requires much attention at this time. To assure quaJUy . transplants it's best to start th«n,<»aw» It's best to keep the plants ^ a Pnysica growing by proper feeding program. Wtare and watering until tran­ splanting time. Our ancestors fell into two classes: those who did hard, physical labor and those who led mostly sedentary lives. It was from studies conducted on our parents and grand­ parents (and from studies continuing to this day) that we realized that, while modern technology is changing our lifestyle, it is not changing our nature. When our jobs and other duties do not provide us with enough physical activity to maintain good health, then we should engage in some planned activity. porary discomfort, check with your physician. Is it a good idea to exercise with a partner? Well, yes and no. Yes--if it helps you stick to a regular schedule, or if you enjoy the fun of being in a group. But it is not a good idea if you turn it into a contest. In fact, you should not try to become com­ petitive unless you are in top physical condition. A good exercise program consists of three parts - warm-up, peak activity and cool down. Each is equally important. The warm-up exercises will increase your respiration and body tem­ perature. These activities include stretching, bending, reaching and range of motion exercises. A peak activity is one that So* YOU have decided • vyorks the heart and lungs in ~a jBustained, rhythmic ac Hold "Walk America" For March Of Dimes The McHenry County March of Dimes is getting ready for the April 24 "Walk America". This is a pledged walk by volunteers to raise money to help in the fight against birth defects. The walk is a planned 30 kilometer (18.6 mile). One may walk all or any part of it. People of any age are encouraged to participate in this county-wide effort to raise funds for the March of Dimes. If there are any questions, call 815-378-5276. Among places where pledge sheets for the Walkathon can be picked up are the McHenry Public library, the Chamber of Commerce office on Green street, and at several business establishments in McHenry; at 7526 Hancock drive, Wonder Lake; and 4216 N. Wilmot road, Johnsburg. FAMILY SERVICE MEETING The Family Service ahd Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County will hold its regular board of directors meeting Wed­ nesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the McHenry office, 4302- G West Crystal Lake road. The public is invited to at­ tend. ltness do you start? The Illinois Depart­ ment of Public Health has some tips that will help you begin your exercise program safely. First of all, and of utmost importance, begin slowly. A cardinal rule is, "Be able to talk while you are exercising." If you are breathing so hard that you can't talk, or if you start wheezing, you're exercising too hard. However, to get a good workout, you should exercise hard enough so that you breathe heavily and work up a nice sweat. If, during your exercise period, you experience nausea, trembling, extreme breathlessness, pounding in the head, or pain in the chest - stop immediately. These symptoms indicate that you have reached the limits of your exercise tolerance. If the symptoms persist beyond the point of tem- tivity such as walking, jogging, swimming or bicycling. Peak activities should also include con­ ditioning exercises, such as situps, pushups and leg lifts, that are good for improving muscle tone, posture, coordination and balance. The cool down period, which consists of stretching or range-of-motion exer­ cises, lowers your heart rate and respiration and helps to avoid muscle soreness. ANTIQUE SHOW The public is invited to attend the nineteenth annual Antique show, sponsored by the Barrington Woman's club. "Antiquities of Distinction" will be presented April 23, 24 and 25 in Langendorf Park Com­ munity house, Lions drive, Barrington. 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