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P.B. 2 NORTHWEST HERALD SoctlonB W«dnesd«y, AugurtT. IWS Advice By Abigai l Van Buren Paper chase ends United Press International CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several prisoners who got lost in the bureaucratic shuffle -- in­ cluding a man held 150 days for stealing a roll of toilet paper and items of similar value -- have been released from a Texas jail. Those released included three or four men held without reason because authorities never fol­ lowed through with paperwork after their arrests, and seven ac­ cused of minor felonies who would not be prosecuted, District Attorney Grant Jones said Thursday. What is a Peak Alert? DEAR ABBY CHARGE IT! Use your SPIESS CHARGE, Visa, MasterCard & American Express. Elderly are frequent victims Dick Peterson Seeing America-via Canada After spending a morning in an empty baseball stadium and a sub­ marine in Cleveland, one is left to wonder what is left to see Out East, even though Geveland is only halfway between here and the eastern seaboard. In travel, once you have readied the absolute highpoint of your trip -- Cleveland in the this case -- you have to set mini-goals, like taking in a corner of Pennsylvania or the scenic route around Buffalo. Or, just getting to where you're going. Like anyone who has done any amount of traveling will tell you: If you really want to get a feel for a state, you have to get off the interstate and drive the backroads. InterStates are great for making time and providing a good overview of a state, but they tend to wear on you after 400 or 500 miles. ' New York is a good place to get off the road. There is no such thing as a straight road in New York, and flatlands is a foreign word. People live in small towns at the bottom of mile-long, ear-popping hills in quaint houses you expect to see Out East. You might find a field or two of corn and soybeans and a couple dairy cows standing around for looks, but grapes are the happening crop there. There are miles of grapes fields, and you can buy fresh-off-the-vine wine, unlike in the Midwest where certain transportation problems leave us with wine that is two, three, even five years old. Our destination was Attica, the town with the prison that is famous for its riot. Attica is Just another littje town, like Johnsburg in McHenry County. It's hard to imagine it's the same place Cagney and Lacy threaten to send vicious criminals to on their cops-and-robbers TV show. Of course, when you're in Upstate New York, you simply have to go to Niagara Falls. And, according to the locals, don't waste your time on the U.S. side; go to Canada. We've all seen pictures of Niagara Falls. We've all read the stories. We know about its mystical love properties. Even if you've never been there, you've been there. And when you finally get there, you say, "Oh, this is the falls?" Maybe I wasn't in the see-the-big-sights mood. Maybe I hadn't come down from my Municipal Stadium high. But, I was more impressed with Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park, in Nouth Dakota of all places, when I saw it for the first time. And that thing was bone dry and only a full moon lit it. Niagara is nice and all, but it ain't what it's cracked up to be. We made our return trip to Illinois on one of those ill-figured shortcuts. Rather than backtrack across the throughways, turnpikes and tollroads of America, we took the Canadian Gambit, which I now believe added at least an hour to our travel time. To enter Canada, you have to go through customs. Customs agents ask questions like: Citizenship? Where you going? When you returning? Then you give them a dollar. It's not a very strict process. And if you don't look like a felon, you're OK. The first thing you notice about Canada is the metric system. Miles are measured in kilometers, gallons are measured in liters and money is measured in percentages, which has nothing to do with metrics but adds 7 to the general confusion of being in Canada. The speed limit on primary highways in Canada is 80 kilometers per hour, which computes to 48 mph in English. That's slow, darn Slow when you've got hundreds of kilometers to go. When you're in a foreign country, you try to be a good guest. You're representing your country, you know. But, this 80-kilometer business is a bit much. So, you grudgingly break the law, thinking Hunan i«n« can't be i about driving at 48 mph on a perfectly fine highway. I think-we get )lomatic immunity in Canada, anyway. The warm hue and deep grained finish of "temple-Stuart's Oak Nill collection make dining a special occasion. Sturdy oak construction and English Colony styling make this 66 x 40" trestle table with two 12 " leaves and arrow back chairs an unusual value. 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And all of us pay for that extra fuel expense in our electric bills> v ; You can lower your energy bills this summer. » Every summer day, and especially _ )& /{ when we'ye issued a Peak Alert, 1 '• - ' - I adopt some of these energy- /Ss saving, money-saving habits: If you stay indoors: • Set your air conditioner at 78° or . • Keep your curtains closed so the sun's hot rays will stay outside. • Wash your clothes and run your dishwasher on a cool day. • Use all large appliances before 9 AM or after 10 PM. ' N • Open your refrigerator only when necessary. Switch to outdoor activities. • Head to the beach or find a refreshing pool. • Dry your clothes outdoors. Added humidity inside your house only makes your air conditioner work harder. • Cook on char­ coal (instead of the stove). Or don't cook at all--try a light sandwich or salads. Ask Jor our free Waste \ Watcher's Guide. % \ It lists 101 things you can do % to save energy every day. if you'll \ \ )ust switch your habits. For your copy, write: Energy Information, P.O. Box 767. Chicago, IL 60690 And in the meantime, remember that when there's a Peak Alert, it pays to use less. SPRING HILL CRYSTAL LAKE ST. CHARLES Commonwealth Edison