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V v; i Dick Peterson Pay a. PLAlftPKALEW HERALD. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2». 19t4 Future as a psychic looks questionable I began getting a little nervous in August, thinking that my latent sixth sense was about to re-acquaint itself to me. Ever since that 1973 dream in which I foretold Richard Nixon's resignation, I knew I was marginally psychic. But that was the last premonition I had. Being that 11 years had lapsed since that nocturnal revelation, I began to doubt whether I was psychic at all. My shoddy performance in the 1984 NCAA basketball tournament pool was the low point; 1 bottomed out. I made a flippant, but sincere, remark about a month later concerning the outcome of the World Series. At the time, it appeared as though my Minnesota Twins were on their way to Tampa Bay because of poor attendance. I was J distraught. Who would I lode for in the standings? I said at the time that if the Twins would break the million mark in attendance, the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series - get this - by defeating the Twins. Talk about cold days in hell. Or warm days in December. However, it began to look like just exactly that was going to happen in October: The Twins and the Cubs in the World Series. I wasn't sure how to feel with my prediction of sorts. I mean, psychics are splashed on the cover of the Midnight Star. Their friends are women who mail their drunken husbands to Brazil. Most of their relatives have two or three heads. Did being psychic mean I had to start playing Lotto - and winning it weekly? Well, the Cubs never made it to the Series (I still find that quite humorous) and the Twins became incredibly bad in September. They didn't even win the West. And, as it turned out, the Twins are staying in Minnesota. So much for premonitions. So much for Martians in my backyard. That's the way 1984 has been to me. Looking back on the year, I realize I made a lot of statements that were proyen absolutely false. Take bar soap as an example. I figured bar soap was on its way out; that it would be replaced in bathrooms across the country with those decorative pump bottles. I cited our bathrooms at home as proof. That was July. About two months later, bar soap began reappearing in our bathroom sinks. Apparently my wife wanted to show me just how wrong I was. Either that, or she knew how right I was and decided to resume buying soap bars for their old-time, antique ambience. Another example is a column I wrote in the summer about how my life was cluttered with unfinished projects. Many of them were listed, and I said I would put the column on the refrigerator door to remind of what needed to be done. I haven't gotten around to tacking it up yet. And I still haven't gotten around to replacing the flat spare tire in my trunk. I've lived most of the year on worn rubber. I also was proud of the fact that I had found the warranty to ihy wife's broken watch in a very messy drawer. I was planning all along to mail the watch in for repair. However, 1 have since lost the warranty and the watch is still broken. Even if I find the warranty, it won't do me any good. It's two-year-period expired 12 days ago. At one time, I really believed Walter Mondale was going to be elected president. How foolish. Another time, I believed that Harvard's fiberglass city cow would become romantically involved with Lawrence's fiberglass steer. I should have known better. And Canada never attacked North Dakota. All was not lost, however. I never for a minute believed any of that bunk about 1984, the year, and "1984," the book. Those silly, misguided interpreters of George Orwell were wrong. And at the beginning of the year, I made a number of predictions about the weather. I was wrong on the great Jan. 17 blizzard, the Feb. 27 rainstorm, the Aug. 4 heat wave, the Sept. 29 frost and the Nov. 23 snow. None of them occurred. But, I was absolutely right about there being no subzero temperatures in December. That's good enough for me. Maybe my special sixth sense will improve in 1985. I'll start working on it next week. Y outh snowmobile course set A two-part snowmobile safety school for youth ages 10-16 is planned for Jan. 13 and Jan. 19, The program is sponsored by the Greenwood Gremlins 4-H Club and the McHenry County Conservation District. In passing the certification test, youth ages 12 to 16 will be able to ride alone on a snowmobile (without an adult). The program on Jan. 13 will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the McHenry County Farm Bureau building in Woodstock. It will Deaths -v Luther Dodd Luther Dodd, 42, of McHenry died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1984, from injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile on Route 120 and Lily Lake Ed., Lakemoor. He was born March 12, 1942, in Hinton, W.Va., the son of Robert and Maxine Dodd. A resident of the McHenry area since 1973, Mr. Dodd had been employed at Redson-Kice Printing Co., Elk Grove Village. Surviving are six children Betty Mae, Fred and Robert Dodd, and Ronald (Marie) and Richard Davis, and Mrs. Peter (Donna) Walters, all of McHenry; three grandchildren; a brother Sammy Dodd and his mother, both of Hinton. He was preceded in death by his wife Norma, Sept. 2, 1981, and his father. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at press time at the George R. Justen & Son Funeral Home. Herman Rossdeutcher Herman Rossdeutcher, 76, of Volo, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1984, in Condell Hospital, Ldbertyville, 111. He was born Dec. 17,1908, the son of Carl and Louisa (Drach) Rossdeutcher. A longtime resident of Volo, Mr. Rossdeutcher was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Volo; and had been a self-employed truck driver for dairy farmers and other related farm trucking. Surviving are his wife Martha (Tekampe) whom he married Oct. 22, 1932 in Freemont Center; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas (Louise) O'Connor of Chicago; two sons, Donald and Charles of Volo; four grand­ children; a brother Edward of McHenry; and two sisters, Adeline O'Leary of Volo and Martha Cappeller of Chicago. He was preceded in death by his parents and nine brothers and sisters. Visitation was held from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday, at the George R. Justen & Son Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be offered at 1 Medicare Notice Person* with Medicare CBwngt an now •ligibl* lor 100% paid benefits. You may be edible for surgical and routine loot cars with no out-ol-pockat expenses. Bunions, corns, calluses, ingrown toenails and other , foot problems can be corrected under this new Medicare program. For more information call today A FOOT SPECIALIST DR. MARTIN MARKS 1311N. Green, McHenry 37 McHenry Ave. Crystal Lake 3SS-S669 I THANK YOU ' p.m Friday in St. Peter's church, with Father James Lyons officiating and interment in St. Joseph Cemetery, Round Lake. Memorials are requested to St. Peter's church or Masses. Mildred M. Narcarti Mildred M. Narcarti, 76, of Lakemoor, McHenry, died Tuesday, Dec. 25,1984, in Royal Terrace Nursing Home. She was born in Chicgo March 24, 1908, the daughter of John and Lydia (Anderson) Korbel. Mrs. Narcarti lived 1 in the McHenry area about 13 years, having come from Chicago. Surviving are her husband Anthony A. Narcarti, whom she married June 26, 1930 in Chicago; a son John W. (Anne); a daughter, Mrs. Grieg (Marie) Pedersbn of Carpentersville, 111.; five grandchildren; a brother Harold Korbel of Chicago; and three sisters, Mrs. Walter (Claire) Hodek of New Port Richey, Fla., Mrs. Warren (LaVerne) Cornelius of Mesa, Ariz, and Mrs. Louis (Penny) Monzio of Brooklyn, N.Y. She was preceded in death by a brother William Korbel. A Funeral Mass will be con­ ducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. Peter's Catholic Church, Volo, with burial in River Valley Memorial Gardens, West Dundee, 111. Friends called from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Peter M. Justen & Son Funeral Home. Clarion V. Bolin Clarion V. "Bill" Bolin, 74, of the Village of Prairie Grove, died Monday, Dec. 24, 1984, in Palm Harbor, Fla. He was born March 2,1910, in Hammond, HI. the son of William I. and Lulu (Gentry) Bolin. Mr. Bolin was a retired far­ mer; a WW II U.S. Army veteran; served with the 88th Engineering Co. and was awarded the Silver Star; a former trustee and member of the police committee; and former superintendent of roads for the Village of Prairie Grove. Surviving are his wife Mary C. (Nervegna); two sisters, Mrs. Audrey Gregory of Oak Lawn, 111. and Mrs. Sam (Betty) Osborne of Hammond, 111.; and two brothers, Wendell of< Hammond and Darrell of Lock Haven, Pa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Chapel, Hillside, 111. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Peter M. Justen & Son Funeral Home. . Memorial contributions are requested to the heart fund. William O'Leary William O'Leary, 56, of McHenry, died Monday. Dec. 24, 1984, in Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry. He was born April 19,1928, the son of John and Marie (Blanchard) O'Leary. A resident of McHenry over 20 years, Mr. O'Leary was a for­ mer employee of the Paraplegia Mfg. Co., Bensenville, 111.; veteran of the Korean Conflict; and member of the Wheels of Paraplegia Assn. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Linda) Papetti of Long Beach, N.Y.; two brothers, Frank (Genevieve) of McHenry and John (Lucille) of Kingston. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Charles, in 1965. Visitation was held from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, at the George R. Justen & Son Funeral Home, where services were conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, by the Rev. Roy Wisner of the McHenry Evangelical Free Church. In­ terment was in St. Mary's cemetery. Karl C. Rindt Karl C. Rindt, 76, of Lake in the Hills, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 1984r in Sherman Hospital, Elgin, 111. He was born March 27,1908, in Austria, to John and Rosalia (Rinke) Rindt. Mr. Rindt was a 15-year part- time employee for District 300, prior to his retirement in 1973. Survivors include his wife Blanche (Doubek) whom he mafried Mar. 21, 1936 in Chicago; three sons, John (Diane) of Woodstock, Karl (Bonnie) of Wonder Lake and Keith at home; six grand­ children; a brother Emil of Florida and a sister, Mrs. Frances Schenk of Lake Geneva, Wis. He was preceded in death by his parents. Visitation was held Wed­ nesday at Querhammer Funeral Home, Crystal Lake, where services were conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday. Interment was private. PRINCESS AND PEA The PM&L Theatre, 377 Main St., Antioch, will present the children's show "The Princess and the Pea" beginning this weekend. Play times are 8 p.m., Dec. 28, 29 and 30; with afternoon matinees at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 29 and 30. Ad­ mission is $2 for everyone, with discounts for groups of 20 or more. . »1 'V V.I Crime Stoppers (from page I) Just how wide-spread and successful the Crime Stoppers program is, will be witnessed on a greater scale this spring, when McHenry County will host the Fourth Annual Mid-America Conference. Crime Stoppers groups from the midweftern states will converge on McHenry County College for a series of seminars and workshops. The conference will feature guest speakers, in­ cluding Det. Greg MacAleese, founder of Crime Stoppers, International, and Dr. Dennis Rosembaum, Northwestern University Research Director, who will speak on the ef­ fectiveness of Crime Stoppers. Chester Gould, Woodstock resident, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip and originator of the term, "Crime Stoppers," will serve as honorary chairman of the event. •fi m focus on snowmobile safety, laws and the operating and maintenance of ATV's. Cer­ tification testing will be com­ pleted at the second session on Jan. 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Farm Bureau. A $2.50 registration fee will be collected at the door to cover the cost of materials. Pre-registration is requested. Interested people should call Ken Fiske, executive director of M.C.C.D. at 338-1405. 11~. TO ALL MY RELATIVES & SPECIAL FRIENDS FOR ALL THOSE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS 4 TOYS | And a BIG Thank You to Santa for his personal visit to my house on Sunday! LOVE JASON HETTERMANN t 4 I •a* nil A Keep The Holiday Spirit Glowing... 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