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Page 18- PLAINDEALER-HERALD, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20.1985 MOLLY MILLIGAN Your Home Decorator Patsy Milhgan Syndicate QUIET ZONES When I was a little girl in Ohio, I loved to hide in my mother's closet and play with her shoes. I also liked to read in a "secret corner" under the bed. Children, as well as adults, need places free from the intrusion of others, and the bathroom shouldn't be the only spot in the house where one can have som$ privacy. The kitchen, living room and dining room are all areas of family activity, but each person's bedroom should be a peaceful, private place. We all have times when we want to be around others, and other times when we want to enjoy blissful solitude. Recognize this fact and organize your home with both public and private zones. When h home accommodates both emotional and physical needs it is, indeed. Home Sweet Home. In the book Third Wave, futurist Alv:n Toffler predicts that one day we will all be working from "electronic cottages." (Some of us already do.) He projects that soon we will be connected to the outside world through our very own IBM home computers, and we will no longer have to fight freeways or battle buses to get to crowded cities to earn our daily bread. We will simply finish our granola, walk away from the breakfast table and "plug in" at home. Sounds nifty, doesn't it? But when home becomes more and more a professional workplace, it becomes less and less a place to relax and unwind. Those of us who are already "hooked up'* at home know, only too well, that it is difficult to make one space work for both purposes. It is difficult but not impossible. Folding screens, changeable lighting and movable furniture are often necessary. So is an infinite amount of strength, determination, humor and good will. If you have a question for Your Home Decorator, send it along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Molly Milligan, P.O. Box 14, Dundee. IL 60118. Allow four weeks for a reply. Officers recently elected to soil, water district The McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District recently met with the purpose of electing officers. Those elected were: George Dahm, Woodstock, as chairman; Robert Hansen, Marengo as vice-chairman; Michael Book, Harvard as secretary; and1 Donald Luer- ssen, Harvard as treasurer. Mel Purdom of Marengo also serves on the SWCD board as a director. \ Associate directors to the board include: Clarence Aavang, Gary Aavang and John Tambone of Woodstock f Doug Anthony, Marengo; Chuck Budreck, Bob Fleck, Kurt Smith and Tom Rupp of McHenry ; and Elmer Hill of Union. The Soil and Water Con­ servation District meets the first Tuesday of each month beginning at 8 p.m.. the public is invited to attend ihet meetings held at the district office, 1143 N. 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The C&NW northwest line, which connects McHenry County to downtown Chicago, was the only commuter line to show a drop in passenger trips - down 0.4 percent, representing a decline of 33,042 passenger trips. The RTA blamed the drop on diversions to the rapid transit line at O'Hare airport. Com­ muter Rail Service Board spokesman Chris Knapton said more riders from the Rosemont, Park Ridge and Des Plaines areas are choosing to park in the CTA lot in Rosemont and take the CTA bus into Chicago. That drop in near northwest suburban areas is being made up financially in the McHenry County area by riders who now can take a less-crowded train, Knapton explained "It must have been word-of- mouth because we began seeing increases in the number of tickets sold in Barrington. Cary, Crystal Lake, Woodstock - all the way out to Harvard," he \ .i TAX HELP Free tax help will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fridajr. March 29 and Saturday, March 30 at the lower level of McHenry Township Hall, Route 31, near Johnsburg Road Free t ax assistance will be provided by volunteers of the VITA program, particularly for low income, elderly and han­ dicapped taxpayers. There is no charge for the service. said. He added that the increase in McHenry County riders, who travel farther and pay a higher fare, offsets the decrease of northwest suburban Cook County riders on the C&NW line. "The financial results don't parallel the raw ridership data," he said. Overall, the Commuter Rail Service Board noted a 4.9 per­ cent increase in passenger trips in 1984 - the largest annual growth in riders since 1981. The increase represented 2,878,711 additional passenger trips. "This past year has been one of growth and improvement on the commuter railroads," said Commuter Rail Board Executive James Cole. "We have not seen increases as large as the ones in 1979 and 1980, but there has been a definite change in travel patterns this year, and we appear to be gaining on our biggest competitor - the private automobile. The RTA lost thousands of riders in 1981 when it instituted big fare hikes and service cutbacks during a financial crisis. After the RTA bailout and restructuring in November 1983, the interim RTA board in­ stituted new services and an­ nounced a 10 percent fare cut­ back in February 1984. Wood­ stock received more evening and midafternoon service. Jeff Ladd, a rural Woodstock resident, former interim board member and now CRSB chairman, said rail ridership is entering an upward trend. "The economic vitality of the central business district, the area in which rail has the greatest influence, a{ strong," he said. "The ric also indicates renewed con­ fidence in the railroads, and our commuters recognize this system as the finest in the nation." 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