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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 , 1985 the county Herald photo by Amy K. Brown Len Irlacher, of Custom Gun Repair in McHenry, holds a Strum- Huger Red Hawk with a scope, a handgun used strictly for hunting. The .44 magnum handgun can be used all the way up to deer hunting. Macher said most of his business caters to hunters. Today's weather Mostly sunny and a little warmer today. Highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s. To­ night, fair with lows in the middle 40s to middle 50s. Mostly sunny Sunday and warmer. Highs in the middle 70s to lower 80s. Daily game: 800 Pick Four: 6704 Lotto grand prize: $7 million INSIDE Although temperature and leaf color are quickly chang­ ing, there is no need to lament the loss of summer. There are plenty of things to do in the area this autumn, both around the home and at con­ servation sites. SEC B, PAGE 1 Weather 2 Soap opera update ..?. 4 Obituaries 10 Lunch menus 9-10 Almanac 2 Sports 11-14 ORTHWEST nEWSPAi 'ERS Crystal Lake Herald McHenry Plaindealer Daily Sentinel Cary-Grove Clarion Cardunal Free Press Most area ns kept y hunters s . By Steve Metsch Herald staff writer irearms always seem to be in the nevte. The ones we hear about most often are small handguns, the "Sat­ urday night specials," which are all oo piten used against other people. iving in a highly-populated ci­ ty/rural area, with areas for hunting and recreation nearby, quite a few people are bound to own guns. mug m we staircrifflhotr; there are more than 34,000 regis­ tered firearms owners living in Mc­ Henry and Kane counties. If someone wants to purchase a gun, he or she must first obtain a card from the Firearm Owners Identification Department in Spring­ field. Illinois registers owners, while the federal government registers guns. "They have to prove they're eligi­ ble, and apply to the office for a $5 fee. After we run a background check on them, they are issued a FOID (Firearm Owner's Identifica­ tion) card. The card is good for five years," said a clerk in the Spring­ field office. When those five years are up, "all they have to do is apply for a renew­ al," she added. Karen Reeder, also of the state agency, said "as of Sept. 8, there are 12,870 for McHenry County. That's how many active FOID cards are registered with us." The number of card-carriers jumps to 22,107 in Kane County, Reeder said. According to a local gun shop own­ er, all sorts of people purchase firearms. "They come in at all different ages, men and women, too. Mostly, it's men. There's not too many wom­ en. They go from the legal age of 21 all the way to their 80s and 90s," said Len Irlacher, owner of the Gun Shop in McHenry. Has the number of registered fire­ arms owners in the area increased in recent years? "I really don't know. I'd have to sit down for a while to determine those figures, and we're starting our peak season, because we're getting to the time when hunting season starts. "People who have cards realize it's time to renew when they try to buy some ammunition or a hunting license," Reeder said. GUNS-Page 5A Herald photo by Scott J. Brooks A prospective customer looks through an­ tique bottles and Jars displayed in Spring Hill BftaU, Dundee. The Spring HUl Mall is hosting They're worth more 2nd time around the Joyce Ayers' Antique Show Thursday and will run through show features a variety of items which it i Sunday started 11M By Gerard Dziuba Herald staff writer WEST DUNDEE -- The anitque dealers are at back Spring Hill Mall this weekend for the Joyce Ayers Antique Show with a wider variety of items than )n past years. Some are offering the traditional antique wooden furnitures from beds to cabinets while others are dealing in magazine, movie and book collectibles. ' Reasons why they chose to deal in certain items, and why they choose to deal at all, are as varied as the items they offered. "It's more lucrative than teaching," said Ronald R. Algeo, a collectible book dealer from Chicago. For several years, Algeo taught philosopohy in college. However, education did not pay enough for him and he started looking at the collectible book dealing business for a new career. In Algeo's collection are a first edition of Henry David Thoreau's essay dated to 1863 and a book by Thomas Paine dating from 1794. He also has copies of Life magazine and Chicago newspapers dating to the 1940s. "The items 1 deal are called collective nostal­ gia," he explained. "They are not old enough to be antiques, but they are old and outdated." What makes a book a collector's items is the law of supply and demand As more copies come out of circulation the price on the remaining ones increase. For Gina Cutler, also of Chicago, dealing in antiques is a way to make a living that keeps her away from working as a secretary. "I'm not an office worker," she said. "I started dealing 15 years ago when I was going through my divorce. I had some things in the house and took them out to Maxwell Street (in Chicago) and sold them." Cutler sells old glassware, dishes and costume jewlery. Currently, the gaudy jewelry is popular with present-day fashions and the sales of dishes are in a slump. Even with the slump, CuUer has gotten to the point of surviving by appealing to a buyer's weak point, "Ninety percent of the people who look are gullible. I convince them that they really needs something," she said laughing. "I like that about dealing, the fact that you convince people." She also likes the demand for selling something as quick as she buys something, most on a next-day basis. Pat Quiilman's items need a little more time to be clean fist. The Elgin resident deals with antique furniture. This weekend she is selling cabinets, tables, beds and a wooden loom at the mall. Quiilman's dealings began as a hobby and grew into business, complete with a shop and three vehicles to transport here goods. She describes the beginnings of her business this way. "I started 10 years ago when my husband and I moved from a ranch house into a big old house. I needed to furnish the house and bought old items to refinish them. I sold some things to my friends and bought other items." She has done several of these in malls nationally and looks on them as a promotional tool as a sale exhibition. The coming months will be some of the busiest for her buslnessf "You'll see a lot of these shows in the this month and next. The fall and April and May are the big ones for antiques," Qulllman said "It'll get crazy, but you got to like it to be in it." Folk singer wins hearts with zany antics By Mark Baus Herald staff writer WOODSTOCK - When folk sin­ ger/guitarist/humorist/all-around zany man Jim Post hits the stage, people initially might not know whether to applaud or call for the loony wagon. Post will be performing at the Woodstock Opera House on Satur­ day, Sept. 21, in a show sponsored by the McHenry County Defenders. Post has been jumping on stage, off stage, into the laps and hearts of audiences for 25 years. His perfor­ mances are not for the weak of heart. They're strong on emotion, humor and outrage. "I like to do something right off the bat that lets them know that there's an unusual person in front of them," he says. To see Post or talk to him, one might not think such zaniness would come from the mild-mannered, gray-haired, 45-year-old with a back problem. "I'm not shy because of years of being in front of people, but if I weren't a performer. I'd be a very shy person. I became a musi­ cian because I was too retarded to do anything else. 1 didn't^know how hard of work it was. If I'd known I would have become an insurance salesman," Post said with a slight hint of a southern drawl. Post has been playing guitar for 25 years, but he's been singing and telling jokes since he was knee high to a stetson back in his home state of Texas. "I tell jokes because 1 can't play guitar as well as the other guys < folk guitarists). My strong suit is sing­ ing. 1 can sing the telephone directo­ ry. That's a God-given talept. With­ out God, I'd be pumpin' gas," he says. Post spends most of the year ei­ ther touring, recording or making weird concoctions with shredded wheat (we'll get to that later) at his home in the Hills overlooking Gale­ na, 111. This summer he performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, The Bowen, Canada Folk Festival and the Phila­ delphia Folk Festival to name a few. "In Philadelphia I followed Queen Ida (Ade, an Afro-folk performer known for her flambouyant perfor­ mances). That was really exciting because the audience was so excit- SINGER -- Page 8A JIM POST Hi mBfflSKBEm Crystal Lake Central quarterback Rob Pro6nlew8ki seeks running Tte Tigers woo their Fox Valley Conference opener, room Friday night against Cary-Grove at Central's Metcalf Field. 0-3 Trojans. Herald photo by Amy K. Brown 35-7 over the