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t w Holiday deadlines in effect TYie McHenry Plaindealer will resume a holiday schedule for •delivery of news stories this coming week. Because Labor Day will be officially observed on Monday, Sept. 3, deadlines will need ' to be set ahead for the first issue of that week. General news and display advertising will be accepted until noon Friday, August 31, • display classified advertising until noon and regular classified advertising until 4 p.m. the same day. Neighborhood correspondents should have their columns in the office by Thursday noon, August 30. Cliff Ward It's time to start my gun collection I read one of the most frightening things the other day that I've come across in a long time. I haven't been able to function quite the same since I read it. There was the big newspaper headline: "Fear of crime prompts nearly half of all Americans to keep firearms in the home." Delving into the article, which was based on a survey, I read another sobering fact: One in 10 Americans is walking around armed with a weapon of some sort. Hiink about it. If you are reading this in a large office, lode around the room. Any one of those co-workers look like they got a gun? Are you perhaps sitting at the kitchen table with your nose stuck in the newspaper rather than making con­ versation with your wife? I think you should pay attention to that suspicious bulge under her arm. She might be packin' a shootin' iron, Jim. With crime rates on the rise, I guess some sort of weapon does make sense, so I've been thinking about buying one. I just can't decide what kind I want. However, I understand that for most Americans the handgun is the weapon of choice. However, handguns are somewhat limited. Their best and primary use is to perforate your fellow man, be he a wild- eyed attacker or Uncle Charlie prowling around the kitchen at 3 a.m. for a piece of pie. But to a pragmatic person like me, there just aren't enough varied uses for a handgun. Now take a rifle or a shotgun. Hie shotgun, with its wide- angle barrage of pellets, is a fine choice for someone who is a poor marksman. Just point and shoot. That burglar, or son sneaking in a window because he forgot his key, will certainly learn a lesson. I realize that a rifle is not easily concealed however, and woa'tjglatwcgettjbc 801 suppose I'll ha veto buy a handgun anyway for use around the office and walking around Ibe neighborhood. However, even those weapons are too limited. What if I'm attacked in my home by a seething horde of, say, Visigoths, or a big fight breaks out on the streets below? Both things have happened before. For those situations, I'm going to need something a lot bigger and a lot more intimidating. I think a large caliber machine gun would be the weapon I would need for such occurrences. I'm also going to need a bulletproof vest so if my would-be assailant gets the drop on me I'll get another chance to ventilate him. Besides protecting me from criminals, my arms can be used to staunch the Red menace. I realize that the com­ munists are everywhere just waiting to invade. But even my large caliber machine gun, my handgun and my rifle are going to do little against communist tanks. What I really need is a nuclear missile. After all, the Constitution says my right to bear arms shall not be infringed because we need a well-regulated militia. And a well-regulated militia needs up-to-date weaponry. So next week I'm going to dig a series of un­ derground trenches and silos in my back yard. After that I'm going to order my own personal MX missile. I plan to have remote controls made so I can fire my MX from any location. I won't be caught off guard by Criminals or communists. I outlined these plans to a friend, who brought up an in­ teresting point. What if I'm attacked in my home by a mugger who ha§ two MX missiles, a bigger handgun with teflon-coated bullets, a bulletproof vest and is more well-regulated than me, he asked. That thought hadn't crossed my mind. No matter what I did, I would be in big trouble. If we both launched our nukes at each other, he would have one in reserve that could wiDe out my valuable stores of doritos and lite beer. And if we stuck with conventional arms, my vest would be no match for his super bullets. Armed with this new piece of knowledge and in the face of overwhelming reason, I decided to junk the whole gun idea. If someone tries to attack me in mphouse I'm gonna whap ;. him upside the head with my Louisville Slugger. Sometimes • the old ways are still the best. GRAND OPENING! • the TAILOR'S CLOSET 1212 N.GREEN STREET (OFFICE NO. 4) -McHENRY -385-2010 GRAND OPENING SPECIAL 10% OFF ON ALL ALTERATIONS HURRY-LAST WEEK FOR DISCOUNT! PAGE 3 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,1984 MCHENRY MAN DIES IN MONDAY continued from pagel too sharp a turn at Elm Street and Richmond Road and struck her while she was stopped for a "walk" light. The car, a light-blue Ford, struck the rear tire of the bike and knocked Ketron into the traffic standard. Grace E. Zaleski, 1709 Park Lane, McHenry, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after the car she was driving struck the rear of another vehicle on Pearl Street a at Green. The driver of the other vehicle, Srihari Vemuri, 32038 N. Pine St., Grayslake, was not injured. Russell D. Louviere, 7203 N. Oak, Wonder Lake, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after he lost control of the car he was driving and struck a tree near the in­ tersection of Curran and Draper Roads. No injuries were reported. John C. Arnow, 330 E. Main St., Barrington, was driving east on Elm Street when he saw a car stopped in the 3800 block waiting to make a left turn. Arnow told police he could not change lanes because of the heavy traffic and was unable to avoid the collision. Arnow was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. The driver of the other vehicle was Gloria T. Gambit, 36128 N. James Court, Ingleside. Additional weekend accidents included a 10:25 a.m. Sunday motorcycle accident on Mc- Cullom Lake Road, east of Derby Drive in McHenry. Ar­ thur J. Huffman, of Winnebago Drive, Wonder Lake, was in­ jured. The McHenry Fire Depart­ ment transported Huffman to NIMC. According to police, he lost control of his machine and went into a ditch while he was trying to avoid a car. Gary P. Lanz, of 801 Oak Grove Road, McHenry, and his three passengers were injured in a one-car accident at 4:50 a.m. Saturday on Thompson Road, south of Oriole Trail, Greenwood Township. Lanz told sheriffs police he swerved to avoid some raccoons on the road and lost control of his car, which went into a ditch and rolled over. Lanz and passengers 26-year- old Laurie J. and Gary Lanz, 9, were taken to Memorial Hospital, Woodstock. Another passenger in the Lanz car, Patrick S. Marshall, 25, of 2711 Apache Trail, McHenry, was taken to NIMC, according to sheriffs police. Larry R. Adkins, 31, 25280 Main St., Ingleside, was taken to NIMC following a one-vehicle accident about 11:30 p.m. Friday on Illinois 120 east of Willow, McHenry. His vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole. He was cited for driving under the influence, according to police. A 25-year-old Fox River Grove woman sustained burns to the face and right arm when she was pinned under her car bet­ ween the grdund and the vehicle's hot exhaust pipe. 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