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Slide show to open season at county museum, Union On^Sunday, May 5, the McHenry County Historical Mu » um in Union will open its new season with a 2 p.m. slide presentation on the Time Museum in Rockford. Housed in the Clock Tower Inn, the Time Museum has an internationally acclaimed reputation for the quality and quantity of its timekeeping devices, which date between the 20th Century B.C. and the present. ".tr , Hundreds of pieces are on exhibit including sundials, water clocks, fire clocks, Chinese Pi, a Mayan Stelae and clocks and watches of all kinds and periods. A sampling of the collectioQwill be the subject of the May p slide presentation by Dorothy Mastricola, a native of the Rockford ar€a who attended Rockford College and the University of Illinois. NO DEAfc In 1975 she joined the staff at the Time Museum and since then has studied and researched the collection. The main exhibit area where the program will take place is now accessible to handicapped visitors. .Visitors may also view the new exhibits on display, tour the 1847 Gannon log cabin, and watch the spinning demon­ strations. Throughout May, members of the Woodstock Women's Club will act as hostesses in the museum. ^Residents of Greenwood Township will be admitted free to the museum on May 5. The museum is open Sundays and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. For further information concerning the schedule of programs contact the museum at (815) 923-2267. 'oil (Continued from page l) the council should pay. Someone has been dragging their feet and it's not the city," said Aid. William Bolger (1st). It was estimated that required subdivision improvements would be about $170,000. Even after the city relaxed som* of the standards for the developers, the tab is still projected at $130,000. The bank's attorney said, "I came here to find out if the $112,000 deal was real...if there was any bit of reality in it or not." "There is no point in wasting their time or ours," said Aid. Ray Smith (3rd). "No, it's unacceptable." Two easement questions also came before the council. In one matter, the council agreed to extend stubs to private property along Front Street, near Knox Park, in return for the placement of a sewer line. Actually the agreement was reached in 1979, but when the sewer main was extended tothe hospital site, the city forgot to put in the stubs. The property owners, Raymond and Adele Stilling and Michael Mathews, sought to have the stubs extended and not have to pay recapture costs to NIMC. The city wjll bear those costs as part'of the agreement. In another matter, James Althoff declined to give the city a permanent easement for maintenance and repair of a sewer line along Crystal Lake Road, between Mill and Main Streets. • Bolger commented that the original easement was simply to FREE SPINAL EXAMINATION DANCER SIGNALS OF PINCIIED-NEHVES: 1. Headaches, Dizziness, Blurred Vision 2 Neck Pain, Tight Muscles, Spasms 3. Shoulder Pain. Pain Down Arms, Numbness in Hands 4. Pain Between Shoulders, Difficult Breathing, Abdominal Pains 5. lower Pack Pain. Hip Pain; Pain Down Legs I housands ol area residents have spine related jwoblems whifh usually respond to clmoptactic care, [(animation includes a minimum of 10 standard tests for evaluating the spine • and a contour analysis photo as shown above MOST INSURANCES ACCEPTED McHENRY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER . DR. K ENNETH T. REISER, CHIROPRACTOR 4901 W. ELM ST. 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"The first thing you tio is explore to see if the person has depression," Menno said. "A person in his late 50's may get fired or an individual may retire and get chronically depressed, They may act in an odd way, and show signs of dementia." Merino explained v. that unlike Alzheimer's, depression-induced dementia can be reversed with psychological treatment. In addition to checking for depression, both Merino and Gierl make sure that a hyperactive thyroid condition, anemia, or syphilis is not the culprit by giving the patient extensive blood tests. < ( •• The doctors also check for signs of a stroke; Wernicke - Kor­ sakoff, a condition brought about by alcoholism, over medication or blows to the head; hardening of the arteries; a vitamin B-12 deficiency or a brain tumor. If all of these tests come out negative^ neurological examinations begin and higher, more complicated technology is introduced. ^'Generally what's done is there is a thorough history and •( Continued from page examination/' Gierl said. "The computerized tomography of the brain (CT scan) is executed to look for5 cerebral atrophy of the "Brain." According to Gierl and Merino, when the brain's nerve cells die, the outbde of the brain shrinks and the center, hollow part of the brain enlarges. However even the CT scan cannot prove, witifout a doubt, that $ patient has Alzheimer's disease. Increasing numbers of neurologists are beginning to see confused patients with very little brain shrinkage, as well as some normal patients who show marked shrinkage. , "A normal brain of a person in his 80's and the brain of a 50- year-old Alzheimer's patient would look about the same," Merino said. "Sothe CT scan will only help you so much." "Pure Alzheimer's, I believe is fairly rare," Merino said. "And the reason I say that is there are so many other things that look like it, that the chances of diagnosing only Alzheimers are slim, at least iouthis area, that I can see." So after enduring all of the comprehensive medical tests, a patient suspected of having Alzheimer's can only wait in frustration and agony, hoping and praying that his deteriorating miild will miraculously mend itself. MeanWhile, the physician can only treat the symptoms that arise as the irreversable brain • disease takes its course. "If anythpig can slow it down the disease, it's staying active, being with family and friends and being cared for," Merino said. "•I install a line, but gave the city no right to maintain or repair it. According to Bolger/Althoff gave the go-ahead tomake any needed repairs but did not want to tie down the property/with an easement. s* Cloverleafs meet The Lincoln Cloverleafs 4-H Club held a meeting recently. On April 6, members hid eggs for the McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation Easter egg hunt. A county 4-H photograph clinic will be held on Saturday, May 5, at Glacial Ricjge Park. Lincolif^Cloverleaf members were reminded to sign up drop off projects by May 1. After the meeting was ad-) journed, Lisa Hartigan, ant) exchange student from John- sburg High School, gave a slide presentation on her year in Brazil.., Peter Themes Club reporter Woman charged (or soliciting A Wonder Lake woman w|£ charged with "soliciting for a prostitute" after she allegedly tried to lure another woman into making an X-rated video. Police said Virginia P. Wallace, 46, 7901 Maplewood; Wonder Lake, reportedly of­ fered an employee at a local video store $1,000 to make the film. [promise V^URSEL^ J "'SUCCESS... ...SUCCESS WITH YOUR WEIGHT LOSS . GOALS IN TIME FOR THAT SPECIAL * GRADUATION, REUNION, WEDDING, ' PICNIC, PROM OR SUMMER VACATION. YOUR FIRST VISIT IS FREE. 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