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Advice for winter survival If your houae is temporarily without heat during the cold winter months, the National Safety Council has a few tips which can help make the chill less nippy. ...Vie the layer aystem When you dress. If you wear two or three layers of clothing, your body heat will be insulated and conserved. ...Eat well-balanced, nutritious meals to allow your body to produce its own heat efficiently. Foods such as raisins and other dried fruits are instant energy producers. ...Wear a hat outdoors or a woolen cap when you sleep in cold temperatures. The body loses between 50 and 75 percent of its heat through the head. ...Use several blankets rather than one very heavy blanket to gain the most warmth while you are asleep. Electric blankets are great if your electricity is still on but natural gas is off. ...Exercise mildly,to increase blood flow, consequently in­ creasing body warmth. ...Drink warm liquids such as coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Remember, alcoholic drinks should be avoided because they may lower your body tem­ perature. ...If your home becomes too cold and your heating system needs servicing, goto another location where there is available heat; a neighbor's house, a relative's house, a church, a library, or other public places. To protect your home and stay comfortable, the Council has these tips: 1) Insulate your home. Reduce air leaks to keep heat in and cold out. It's also a good idea to caulk and weatherstrip doors and windows, and to install storm windows or cover the old ones with plastic. 2) Obtain some type of ^emergency home heating equipment so you can keep at least one room warm if your heat does not work. 3) Wrap your pipes in in­ sulation, especially if you live in a very cold environment. If this is not economically feasible, consider wrapping water pipes in newspapers and covering the papers with plastic to keep out moisture. 4) If it becomes dangerously cold and there is a real possibility of the water pipes freezing, allow the faucets to drip a little water. JM^^M^AINOKALE^^RIDATjDiECEMBEHJ^fW Real-life Santa's helpers fulfill children's dreams Children know all about Santa's helpers, the little men with the pointed red caps and long white beards who spend their time making toys for the big boss to deliver. Fantasy land? NoffiMSrie, Penn. Although the caps and the beards are optional, the toy makers there are hard at it and have been since 1976 when the idea was taken in hand by Tim Coughlin and Emmy Nolan, director and coordinator for the local Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). Back then there were RSVP volunteers both eager and qualified to make toys for needy children, but there were no facilities to do so. That is, until the U.S. Marine Corps came to the rescue. Coughlin and Nolan had heard that at the Marine Corps Reserve Center there was a woodworking plant, fully equipped. They paid a call on Marine Captain Jerry Scienski and told him what they had in mind - toys for tots. He liked the sound of the idea and said, can do. RSVP set up sho0 with four volunteers; Wilbur Ulrich, Douglas Loesch, Harrison Hogan and Anthony Schmitt. Hie quartet had enjoyed very active careers in the industrial sector but their collective hobby was woodworking. They set to work in late November, knowing that they could not meet the Christmas rush and so would target their output for the following year. In the course of it, their numbers increased to a dozen, and by the time Santa was ready to ride, they had made some 350 toys - trucks, cars, farm machinery, doll's cradles, and miniature furniture. Since that first Christmas, numbers have told the story of a volunteer effort which has brought cheer to so many where there might have been none at all. Today there are 25 RSVP workers in the Toys-For-Tots Program, averaging over 1,000 toys every Christmas. More, the scope of their woodworking has expanded to supply aid in other areas of need: making playpens for the Zem Zem Shriner's Hospital; tables and chairs for the Erie Public Library and the Community Day Center; ornaments for the Christmas tree at the Juvenile Hospital For Erie Independence House, a home for people who use wheelchairs, tables were made for vegetable and flower planting, and bunk beds were added to the list for other organizations. A year ago there were four RSVP groups going at it three days a week. Then, in October, a real wrench was thrown in the works. Word came that the Marine Center was to shut down to make room for a new highway. Still, until the woodworking equipment was moved to Texas, the toy makers kept at it and supplied 1,100 toys this past Christmas. They began the new year on a low note, wondering if this was to be the end of their remarkable endeavor. The answer came out of a bridge game in which RSVP volunteer Clifford Hougue's partner, Fred Infield, mentioned that the Erie Press System Company was not using its pattern shop. The next day Hogue and fellow volunteer, William S. Hamilton, called on plant manager Gary Lunger, and the result was the Toy-For-Tots was back in operation. Badly needed woodworking equipment was supplied through the local businesses, and today Santa's 25 helpers are going full force. 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He's 9ot fo moke alI the riqht move* jm R0Mm NITELY 7 & 9 KID'S MATINEE CHALLENGE TO LASSIE C SAT & SUN 2:30-4:30 $1.50 Matinees Till SPAA $2.50 ADULTS $1.50 CHILDREN (lit under) McHENRY 1-2 DOWNTOWN IR'i ('144 STARTS F R IDAY FRI, MON-THURS 6:30-8:30 SAT & SUN 2:15-4:15-6:30-8:30 $1.50 All feats JAMES BOND NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN w FRI, MON-THURS 6:45-9 SAT & SUN 1:45-4-6:45-9 PrtrVs Admini strat ion 11.95% Property City f I r r k Pol ire Dept . 39.6*1 When you shop McHenry for the holidays every dollar spent favorably affects the community in which you live. 22.01 % of the sales tax money returned to McHenry (see chart at left) provides us with a quality Streets Department. Their responsibilities includes snow removal and street and sidewalk repair throughout the city. So this holiday season we invite you to spend Christ­ mas with us and reinvest in the future of McHenry, making it an even greater place to live for all. . . .a promise that comes from the City, "that works for You. ad paid for by Ckawbe/i Commence „ 1257 N GREEN ST MCHENRY. I 60050 •>.