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Milk producers association elects district officers PAGE f - PLAINDEALER - WEDNE8DAY, DECEMBER 7.1M Nearly 200 dairy farmer members of Associated Milk Producers, Inc. attended the annual District S-C meetings held in Harvard and Sycamore. Members from McHenry, DeKalb, Lake, Kane, Cook, Kendall and DuPage counties and Darts of LaSalle and Will counties discussed regional operations and held local efecttmis. AMPI corporate and regional treasurer, William Lenschow, also the regional director, was the main speaker. Lenschow addressed the members on Rockford calf sale Dec. 13 The second annual Northeastern Illinois certified preconditioned calf sale will be held Tuesay, Dec. 13, hegtanjng at 7 p.m. a t DeWane livestock Exchange Belvidere. Preconditioning is a c o m p l e t e nutrition-health- management program which prepares the nursing calf to better withstand weaning stress and make fast, efficient gains in later feeding programs. To be "certified - preconditioned", calves must meet several requirements, including being weaned at least 30 days before the sale, castrated, dehorned, bunk broke, immunized, t r e a t e d . f o r parasites, individually ident i f ied , and certified in writing. Three hundred certified preconditioned calves will be at thi&year's and wiD avai lable viewingv beginning at 6 p.m. on the thirteenth. Interested individuals may call 385-7032 for further information. Keep your Christmas tree fresh Wh«n you are select ing your specia l , l ive Chritmas tree, if needles fall off as yoi tap the tree trsik against the ground, it's too dry. After finding just lie right tree for /our family, saw about two inches off the bottom of the trunk, at a slant. j Now it will have more surface to -absorb water. Place the tree in a water- f i l led bucket , naking sure to check it daily since the house heat easily evaporates water faster than you think. J Enjoy ,^your fragrant, living |evergreen th is i Christmas. YULE LOG The Scandinavians built huge bonfires at the winter solstice to represent the spring sun's soon return, thus the Yule log was adopted as a part of the Christmas celebration. dairy legisiauon and the recent House and Senate approval of the Dairy Compromise Plan. The meetings were part of the some 80 district annual meetings being held across the seven-state AMPI Mid-States Region. As a grassroots organization, AMPI provides its members the/opportunity to offer resolutions, elect local leadership and discuss topical issues. Elected to serve the district in cooperative business in the coming year were: president, George Ainger, Harvard; vice- president, Norman Heinrich, Crystal Lake; secretary- treasurer Dave Gardner, Solon M i l l s ; r e s o l u t i o n s committeeman, Dale Drendel, Hampshire; delegates, Lowell Hill, Maple Park; Neil Keisler, Dundee; John Neperman, Elgin; William Olbrieh, Harvard and David Shanks, Garden Prairie. Alternates named include Clarence Adams, McHenry; Leo Berringer, Maple Park; Delwin Borhart, Huntley; Marvin Cooper, Yorkville: David Gardner, Solon Mills; Rodney Gieseke, Harvard; Norman Heinrick, Crystal Lake; Vernell Richardson, Maple Park and Rober t Vanthournout , Hampshire. Consisting of individual dairy farmer members across the central United States, AMPI produced 15.7 billion pounds of milk last year or 12 percent of the nation's milk production. With sales of $2.6 billion, AMPI provides nine percent of the U.S. butter and 10 percent of the domestic cheese production. ^Fffgeneral^^™ News Rules for teenage baby sitter If your teenager is asked to babysit, make sure you know where the sitting will be done and what the situation in the home is, the National Safey Council says. Never allow a young sitter to accept em­ ployment where parents of the child are careless about how late they return home. Require that your youngster be brought home by an adult if he or she is going to be out after dark. The Council also suggests that you make sure your teenager knows how to contact the local police and fire department in case of an emergency. J.C. Pennsy % ajes Clreulsr Correction Notice Th« girts Spildinf Actnewur advertised on page 25 of the 40 pi|< JC PENNEY U.S.A. inurt of Wednesday, December 7th, may not be available at >11 stores b e c a u s e o f d e l i v e r y problems. We refret any Inconvenience this might havtjtaused you. I a S " 9 i = t ®|? £ ! * | i s Br. =ii. r ri. S f t !• o •ee mm m 3"! Oisf m 0} 31 \ \ I H s sO* 1*