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Dick Peterson PASENELL1 SETS SIGHTS Power to electrify masses will always be a fantasy I would hazard to guess that we all daydream at one time / pf another about bringing thousands of people to their feet in wild, frenzied cheering for a single act we have per­ formed. The less talent you have to perform that act, the louder the imaginary cheers are. When I was a kid, with absolutely no athletic control over my body, I'd dream about getting a Major League hit. Not just any hit. I'd be at the plate with a ftill count and two outs in the bottom of the ninth of the seventh game of the World Series with my team, the Twins, trailing 3-0. Then I belt a grand slam. Naturally, the ball would land 20 rows deeps in the second deck. The hit would become legendary. The fans would go crazy as I trotted the base path. • r Similar scenarios can be created for hockey, basketball, football, any sport. Rock stars and even politicians can efectrify the masses. I daydream about that, too. I'd quit my job at the paper tommorrow if I could be a baseball player. I can't run, throw or hit, so odds are I'll be at work tomorrow. I'll admit to having a Walter Mitty persona, however, and a newspaper is a great place for those of us who seek vicarious thrills. It's probably the only place that pays for it. Anyway, I'd wilt like one of my line drives in front of a crowd of more than five people. If I wouldn't faint when I . stepped to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, --"'S loaded, etc., I'd strike out looking on three meatballs. I -vould become the biggest goat in major-league baseball H story. All of this makes me somewhat envious of those who can stand up before a group of people and say something at length with self-assured intelligence. That's why I work at a newspaper. You see, between you and me there's this gre?t, big web press separating us. That's one of the infrequently mentioned powers of the press. Especially, the loud web press. This feeling ot fesr I have for crowds of more than five people-I think of them as mobs intent on lynching--was - reinforced recently when I talked about writing and newspapers to a group of seventh- and eighth-grade students. I worried about that audience for three weeks, as soon as I said "ve<, I will," when I should have said, "No, I won't. I'm planning to go to a funeral that day." Seventh- and eighth-graders may be the toughest audience in the world. I'd probably be saying the same thing if I would have talked to a nursery full of ik-w-born babies at the hospital. For those three weeks before I talked to the class, I thought about all of the guest speakers I had witnessed throughout school. Generally, thos i people were ex- boring and their attempts at humor were times. That's what you have to draw on." I*| Jhos^ 30-odd years in law enforcement, Pasenelli said he , has met "a lot of great people.'1' "The men, the Police and Fire Commission, the council, what can you say," Pasenelli said. Prior to his arrival, the McHenry Police Department was responding to emergency medical calls in the city, something that is done in few towns. But, Pasenelli said some improvements have been made. "We made sure all officers were certified in CPR. Often, our officers are the first on the scene and so we keep up the certification every year," Pasenelli said. "Coming from a large city, it's amazing to me that it was a volunteer fire department and rescue squad and just how good they really are. Talk about community- oriented dedication, to give up and sacrifice this time and effort is something to behold." ' Pasenelli commented about some of the incredible ad­ vancements and changes in law enforcement over the last 30 years. "Look at what the computers have done for the officers, or the advances in forensic sciences and in com­ munications." he said. At that time, if an officer wanted information on a car he had to call the desk sergeant by phone. The sergeant would have to drop what he was doing and look in a book to see to whom the plates were registered. "We never knew if the car was stolen, I\U;K ;I -1'i ai.MIK \I> it IIKH \MI. I KID.W . IK I Ut»tM\ s, ON continued iroin page 1 Mondale-Ferraro fundraiser set The McHenry County D e m o c r a t i c W o m e n s ' Organization will host an "America for Mondale- Ferraro" fundraiser, Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. It will be held at the home of Janet Pence, 2916 Walkup Rd., Crystal Lake. The event is a grassroots effort sponsored „ by the Democratic National Com­ mittee. Money raised will be used by the Illinois State Central Committee to promote the election of Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro in Illinois. For jnore information, contact Phyllis Dickstein at 385-3377 or Kay Watson at 658-7240. the plates were stolen, the person was wanted...nothing." he added. Today, all of that information and more is available to the dispatcher and the policeman through the computer. "I have been informed by a major manufacturer of com­ munications equipment that they have perfected a portable radio where the dispatcher can tell, within 500 feet, where that radio is in the city," Pasenelli said. "It takes all the fun out of the beat, but it's safer for the officer." > What makes the ideal police officer? "First, he has to have an abundance, or over-abundance, of common sense, and second, he has to be able, to accept responsibility," Pasenelli said. "He also has to be a free thinker. Police work demands a lot of discretion-when to make an arrest and when not to." "He has to have at least a little pride, be at least a little aggressive, have some courage, a sense of humor, a whole lot of compassiqn and be thick- skinned," Pisenelli said. "He has to be willing to sacrifice and know he's not going to get rich. I've met a lot of very good police officers, but I've never met the ideal one." What remains? Pasenelli said he's going to take a little time off. perchance to become reacquainted with his fishing pole-a favorite past- time. Then, he'll go back to work. "The city should be prord of this police department r id the image it has in the .uw en­ forcement community of nor­ thern Illinois. The men have worked hard and * they've sacrificed. They'll go on to be better, I hope. They realize there's always room for im­ provement." } 'i..' S< Getting ready to be given away? Organize your thoughts about the big day with a WELCOME WAGON Engaged Girl call. 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As I walked into the room, the students were threatened with detention if they didn't act like "perfect little angels." I began to panic. The room was located on the west side of the school, and the sun made it about 95 in the room. I had trouble con­ trolling my perspiration. I had trouble being interesting. My attempts at humor were unnoticed. And there were some real long silent pauses during that half hour. I could see myself sitting in one of the desks, thinking the thoughts I would have been thinking had I been out there rather than up there. The students were little angels, but who says angels can't be bored. I was done inside a half hour, one of the most un­ comfortable half hours I have endured. I'll stick to daydreaming and newspapering. We Walter Mitty-types know our turf well. Jcist don't ask me to explain it. - -- i - u -- : HESE LOW •DUST-BUSTER" PRICES,-* REMAINING 84'stiM ARE N0THIN6 T0^3g •SNEEZE ATil •4x4 S| GALORE! ZER 4x4 PLUS TITLE TAXES. 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