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u . ^ % Z.i.f Video cartridge helps make *85 predictions f . . , After last year's dismal prediction performance, I know I did something wrong. And, you know what? It was a most basic mistake in the science of fortelling: I read tea leaves, and they weren't the Lipton brand, either; just some store* brand. I could have read Irish tea leaves, however, and that woaldn't have helped. Tea leaves are out. These are the 1980s. I bought a Ms. Pac-Man video cartridge at a garage sale for a dollar. I've opened it up, and this is What the circuit board tells me about 1985: --I will never be able to return Ms. Pac-Man to her for­ mer state. She sacrificed her last chip for this column. --If the Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl, the world will most definitely end. If it doesn't, the odds will have been beaten again. Here's to hoping Mike Ditka is a false prophet. (At any rate, many cuddly Bear fans will think the world has ended just before dinner Sunday.) --I will quit smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, eating carbohydrate-rich snacks^and watching my soap opera. Then I will start wearj^ dresses. --My boss will suggest I wear conservative pants suits after I come to work wearing a pink chiffon evening gown with a plunging neckline and strapless back, or lose my job. I will refuse, be fired, file a discrimination suit against him, be divorced by my wife and disowned by my family, bitten by the mutt puppy, join a comune in San Francisco, become a vegetarian and spend lots of time at airport terminals. My life will be in shambles, but at least I will have my health. * n --Ted Kennedy will marry Elizabeth Taylor, Don Knotts will marry Joan Collins, and Mary Lou Retton will see Mr. T socially. --Because there isn't a soul in McHenry County who wants a landfill near his home, a new disposal alternative will be forwarded. It will be suggested that faces be painted on garbage bags, then loaded daity on eastbound commuter trains with proper fare. Suburban RTA rider ship will skyrocket, the landfill problem will be solved, and everyone will want to sit next to those polite, if smelly, people in punky plastic suits rather than boorish commuters in blue suits. * if --Someone will ask me what the capital of North Dakota is, and I'll say Bismarck. I'll keep saying that until Canada grows up and attacks it like it should have last year. --The current professional basketball and hockey seasons will end sometime before they begin. --Peter Ueberroth will begin laying the groundwork for his 1988 presidential campaign. --McDonald's will announce its intentions to build the first fast-food restaurant in space by the end of the century. --The first frost-free date will be March 28, it will rain like the dickens in June, the first frost will be September 30, a major blizzard will disrupt Thanksgiving travel plans, and December will be the coldest month on record. --After a 20-year absence, my Minnesota Twins will finally return to the World Series. (By the way. Rick Sut- cliffe will develop an elbow problem in June and the Cubs will finish lOvt games out of first place.) --Christmas will fall on a Wednesday. --Donnie Osmond will be the Michael Jackson of 1985. And Bobby Sherman will begin making his pop-music comeback. , " --Someone will explain how coffee can pick you up and calm you down at the same time. --AT&T will refine its telephones lines to the point where we can hear clearly what people are sayinjfbn other lines. I'll be glad. I enjoy eavesdropping on other people's con­ versations. I just wish it would come in better. --Three Louisiana fishing buddies will report that they made con­ tact with extra-terrestrial beings who look like great big ants with David Niven mustaches. --Trivial Pursuit will be replaced by Really Very Trivial Pursuit as the board game of the year. Page 7• PLAINDKALER-HER AI.D. KKII1A1. JAVtARl 4. 1^3 Flu bug making rounds in McHenry County By Deborah Collura and Joe King Plain dealer Herald News Service Alt (though viral infections can occur throughout the year, most people tend to get the bug during the winter months. According to Ray Murphy, chief of the Virology Laboratory at the Illinois Public Health Department, January and February are peak months for reported cases of influenza. Three strains of flu are presently making the rounds in the area, Type A-Chile, Type A- Philippines and Type B- Singapore. According to Murphy, the A- type flu viruses are more dangerous than the B-types, which are relatively mild. The difference between the flu types lies with the antigen-any substance that, when introduced into the body, stimulates an­ tibody production. According to the State Department of Health, the TVpe A-Chile virus is making its debut in this area, and because victims have not been exposed to this strain before,' immunities built up against other influenza strains will be of no use against this bug. Ski day to benefit Lung Assn. Tne American Lung Association of DuPage and McHenry Counties will sponsor a "Cross Country Ski and Chili Fun Fest," on Sunday, Feb. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at White Pines Golf Course, in Ben- sen ville. Ski lessons will be given throughout the day. There will be two five-kilometer courses available to ski on. The entry" fee of $7,includes a T-shirt, ski- lessons jand all the chili you can eat. S For more information or entry forms contact the American Lung Association of DuPage and McHenry Counties, P.O. Box 707, Woodstock, 60098 or call (815) 338-6675. It is exposure to a virus, rather than winter weather, that causes influenza, but weather can be a factor. Bitter cold and snow tend to keep people at home, helping to cut down on the nujnber of flu cases transmitted by contact with infected people. Warmer weather, like the past weekend, encourages people to get out in public an congregate? creating more opportunities to be exposed to viruses^ ^ Some doctors now say that people are more apt to contract flu through hand-to-hand con­ tact with someone carrying the disease, than through merely being exposed to someone who is coughing and sneezing. Murphy also pointed out that what many people consider to be the flu often turns out to be something else. y • = - "You have i>i remember that Deaths Olov E. Lindberg Olov E. Lindberg, 80, of McHenry, died Monday, Dec. 31, 1984, in Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry. He was born July 7, 1904, in Mora, Dalarna, Sweden, the son of Gustav and Maria (Granholm) Lindberg. Mr. Lindberg lived in McHenry about 10 years, having come from Tower Lake. He was a retired owner of a painting and decoratiiipF business in Barrington, 111.; member of the Waukegan Swedish Glee Club and Swedish Veterans Singing Chorus of Chicago. Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Erndahl Rose Kasper Rose Kasper of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Crystal Lake, died Friday, Dec. 21, 1984, in Cape Coral Hospital. Survivors include her husband Frank of Cape Coral; two sisters, Sophie Lutz of Crystal Lake and Jane Roewer of Man faces three charges following police chase A McHenry area man faces three charges following & traffic incident on New Year's Day. While on patrol, police saw a vehicle driven by Eric Kar- pinski, 1 1506 Arabian Spur, McHenry, run two red lights and then speed up across the Elm Street bridge. Police said the vehicle rah a stoplight while eastbound on Elm Street at Green and ^egan to fishtail. The car proceeded east on Elm Street, ran a stoplight at Riverside Drive and increased speed across the bridge. The car was stopped at a gas station at the intersection of Chapel Hill Road and Route 120. Karpinski was charged with two counts of violating a red light and one count of fleeing and attempting to elude police. SPRING. SEE YOU THEN. wlllf1 CHAPEL HILL r r n r u p y 9 1 5 - 3 8 5 - 0 3 3 1 many people who think they have flu-like symptoms really don't have the flu. They usually end up having strep throat or something like that," Murphy' said. Flu symptoms include in­ flammation of the respiratory, tract, fever, muscular pain ana irritation in the intestinal tract. I Although flu shots can be effective in warding off the disease or lessening its effects: for some people, not everyoi needs them. But Murphy ai vised senior citizens to make, sure that they get their flu shots. "The flu can be more dangerous for older people. Their antibodies do not respond as well as younger people's, and their physical resistance is poor,"]Murphy said. He added that most people who die from the flu are seniors. whom he married June 25, 1932 in Chicago; two sons, Boyd (Donna) of McHenry and Ray of Cary, 111.; a daughter, Mrs. John (Ruth Ann) Moyer qjf Rawlins, Wyo.; four grandchildren;and two brothers, Gosta and Sven Lindberg, both of Sweden. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Peter M. Justen & Son Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clifton H. Kit- lelson officiating, and interment was private. Friends called from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Jhe family would like memorial contributions to the Chicago Lung Assn. or Journal of Swedish Singers Musiktid- ning. Wonder Lake; two nephews, Edward Lutz of Crystal Lake and R(»bert Roewer of Wonder Lake; and four nieces, Terry Lavin, Sherrie La Tessa and Robin Roewer of McHenry and Karen Meier of Wonder Lake. Memorial services were held in Cape Coral Dec. 26. WOODSTOCK THEATRE PKINCKSS M MNSTHKF l'-JustOff I he Square lulls #2; |l,\l .1(1. r#l .VI; Mntin.-. 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