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Tiiese people volunteer time and buy their own uniform and equipment. . Program will benefit Hospice When you shop at any Jewel food store April 1 through 3, a donation equal to five percent of your bill will be made to Hospice for McHenry County. You must first obtain a coupon from the Hospice office and give it to the check bat persoh tffieh you pay for your groceries. Coupons may be obtained at the office at 207 Main Street, Woodstock, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or by calling the office at 338-5450 and the coupons will be sent to you. Coupons will also be available at the annual meeting on April 1, at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 420 W. Elm Street (Rt. 120) McHenry. Hospice is home-based care for people who are terminally ill. Its goals are to relieve pain and other symptons associated with terminal illness and to provide supportive care to the patient at home and to the family during the illness and bereavement. Your support for the Shop and Share Days at Jewel will enable the Board of Directors to provide more time for patient care coordination. As part of their continuing education, they assist the sheriff and local police in traffic control at public gatherings like the county fair, festivals, celebrations, high school ac­ tivities and other non-profit events. When emergencies have arisen, like the 1982 air crash near Wonder Lake, floods and tornadoes, the auxiliary police were on the scene to assist. Advance registration for the class is mandatory. You must register b by calling the MCESDA office at 338-6400 by Thursday, April 11. Male ana female applicants must be 18- years or older and reside in or close proximity to the county. ftiere are 14 other volunteer divisions that are part of MCESDA. Inquiries are invited. The Commuter Rail Service Board and the mayor of McHenry have arrived at a tentative agreement to be submitted to the city council relative to improvements at the city's rail station, according to Rail Chairman Jeffrey R. Ladd, Board- member Donald A. Udstuen and McHenry Mayor Joseph Stanek. The an­ nouncement was made on Saturday. In return for assumption of day-to-day maintenance of the station by the city, the rail board expects to obligate ap- E" nately $50,000 for capital vements to the building _ latforms. "This is exactly the sort of mutual-benefit agreement the rail board is working to develop throughout our six-county service territory," Udstuen said. Udstuen, of Crystal Lake, and Ladd, of Woodstock, hold the two seats on the Commuter Rail Service Board that are filled by the "collar counties" in the northeast Illinois RTA region. "We are delighted by the city's eagerness to work with us on this project," Udstuen said. "Mayor Stanek agrees that this cooperative venture will do much to assure the continuation of commuter service in the McHenry-Crystal Lake corridor, and our investment in an improved station is an in­ dication that we're in this market to stay," he added. Work to be done will include^ downspout improvement and From left to right, Donald Udstuen, Mayor Joseph Stanek, Jeffrey Ladd and Sen. Jack Schaffer confer concerning improvements slated for the McHenry train station. an expansion of waiting room space, new rubberized non-slip tUe flooring in the waiting area and rest rooms, complete rehabilitation of rest room facilities, installation of new electrical fixtures, interior and exterior scraping and painting, cleaning and tuckpointing of exterior masonry, gutter and wnspoi rehabilitation of the boarding platform with crackfiller and sealcoating. "The rail board has been stressing to the RTA that population, jobs and sales tax revenues-the lifeblood of our rail system-are growing at a faster rate in the suburbs than in Chicago. Now is the time to be making improvements in areas where we anticipate growth," Ladd said. "This is a prime example of the continuing argument we make in Chicago for regional equity," he em- County to host Crime Stoppers conference phasized. Udstuen reported that the Commuter Rail Board has negotiated with the Illinois Department of Transportation to include additional parking improvements at McHenry as part of the Department's FY85 Interstate Transfer Program. The parking project is budgeted at $232,000. McHenry County, where Woodstock's Chester Gould created Dick Tracy in 1931, is the site for a gathering of modern crimefighters when the fourth annual Mid-America Crime Stoppers Conference takes place May 22-23. The conference will be at­ tended by citizens connected with Crime organizations in western states. There will be workshops and speakers focusing on various aspects of the Crime Stoppers movement, which has been responsible for the arrest of tens of thousands of criminal suspects and the solving of countless crimes Since the first program was founded in Albuquerque, N.M., in 1976. Gould is now in retirement on his country estate in Bull Valley. Gould gladly consented to be the honorary chairman of the conference, which will take place at McHenry County College. "I want you to know that this (Crime Stoppers) is really important in my life because it's the best living thing from Dick Tracy," Gould said last fall after accepting the invitation from the McHenry County Crime Stoppers conference planners. "Thank for the honor of being part of this con­ ference." Gould is also responsible for the origination of the term "crimestoppers" when, in 1949, he conceived the idea of a youth anti-crime group for the strip. "Crimestoppers textbooks" appeared in Sunday newspapers until 1977- --•****»- Crime Stoppers organizations, now in operation in communities all across the United States, offer cash rewards from $100 to $1,000 for information leading to arrests and the filing of criminal charges against suspects. Crime Stoppers groups raise funds for rewards and pay for a telephone number which people who have information about crimes may call. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous: they never have to give their name, address or telephone number, and they never have to appear in court. All callers to a Crime Stoppers telephone number are given a secret identification number and instructed to call back at regular intervals, identifying themselves by number, to find out if their information has resulted in any arrests or criminal charges. If information provided by an ahonymous caller does lead to an arrest and criminal charges, then the local Crime Stoppers board of directors will meet to determine an appropriate reward. Payment of the reward is made in person by Crime Stoppers board members at a time and place of the lOUS caller's fhnnring The Ciime Stoppers concept overcomes two important spread throughout the South­ west, then to the mid-Atlantic states. The Crime Stoppers program founded in Rockford in 1981, while not the first Crime Stoppers in the Midwest, was the first big success. It received national recognition and helped spread the Crime Stoppers concept in the Midwest The first two Mfd-America Crime Stoppers conference were held in Rockford in 1982 and 1983. The MacAlese, the first president of Crime Stoppers International and currently a board member,, will speak at the conference. In addition to MacAleese, the will in- factors which often prevent vital third was in South Bend, Ind. in information about a crime from spring 1984. reaching police: fear and apathy. Some people are fearful of retaliation if criminals find out who gave information to police. The anonymity of Crime Stoppers overcomes that fear, ana the cash rewards offered overcome citizen apathy about crimes. Greg MacAleese, a police detective in Albuquerque, created the first Crime Stoppers program in 1976. "The program was a tremendous success, and it wasn't long before there were more in New Mexico," Detec­ tive Roger Sether of the Crystal Lake Police Department, one of the founders of the Crime Stoppers effort in McHenry County, explained. The Crime Stoppers idea soon According to Sether, in­ formation provided by 323 of the 600 Crime Stoppers organizations indicated that, since 1976, more than 63,000 reported criminal cases have been solved and more than $300 million worth of stolen property and narcotics recovered as a result of Crime Stoppers tips. Crime Stoppers is entirely a privately-funded effort; no Crime Stoppers groups anywhere receive tax money. Crime Stoppers programs, many of which are sponsored by local chambers of commerce, depend on donations from community groups, businesses and individuals to pay the rewards and spread the crimefighting message. conference elude: -- Lois Herringtoq, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Justice Assistance who has done outstanding work in the field of erime victim justice. -- Judge Richard Carter, a municipal judge, in Arlington, Tex., who is chairman of the Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council and general counsel to Crime Stoppers International. His topic will be "Crime Stop­ pers and the Law." -- Dennis P. Rosenbaum, a research psychologist at Nor­ thwestern University who is conducting research on Crime Stoppers programs in the U.S. -- Coleman Tily, executive director of Crime Stoppers International. Workshops planned for the two-day affair will include Fundraising, Crime Stoppers Newcomers School, Sustaining Board Enthusiasm, Expanding to Multiple Jurisdictions, Motivating Prospective Callers, Working with the Media, and Involving Young People. ONE WEEK ONLY SB SALESMAN FM SKOALS Many On* Of A Kind Items SALE STARTS TODAY1 QUEEN SIZE 60 x tO SPECIAL Therapedlc, King Koll and More STANDARD FIRM Mismatched-2 pes. $ FROM SOLD IN SETS ONLY LANE CEDAR CHEST SAVE 20% to 47% HUNDREDS OF OTHER UNADVSRTISED BEDDING AND FURNITURE $PECIAL$ SAVE UP TO 47% and mor«. CLIP AND BRING IN ANY PURCHASE OF *1 00 OR MORE GOOD THRU FREE SURPRISE GIFT Must be Presented at Time of Sole-One Per Purchose 2 BIG SHOPPING CINTEftS 3622 W. ELM ST. 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