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} Pag^l^JlORTHWESTj^^ Regional f t - ...... Former resident promoted Illinois State Police Master Sergeant £ugene A. Bolda was promoted to the rank of lieutenant recently in ceremonies held at the Department of State Police Academy in Springfield. Bolda is a graduate of Marian Central Catholic High School, Woodstock, and earned an associate degree in Police Science at McHenry County Community College. Bolda began his Illinois State Police career assigned to District 2, Elgin, in 1969. On July 16, 1978, he was promoted to the rank of corporal; on July 1, 1972, pro­ moted to sergeant; and January 1, 1984, he was promoted to the rank of master sergeant. The officer has assumed his new duties as administrative officer of District 7, East Moline, which in­ cludes Henry, Knox, Rock Island, and Mercer Counties. Arthritis sufferers invited to six-week self help course An Arthritis Self-Help Course is scheduled to begin in October at the Northern Illinois Medical Center, 4201 Medical Center Drive in McHenry, The six-week fall series will meet each Thursday evening from 7 to 9:15 p.m., beginning Oct. 10. Many people have benefitted from the unique program, which is sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation and designed to help persons with arthritis cope more effectively with their disease. "The purpose of the course is to provide class members with the knowledge and skills they need to take a more active role in the mangement of their arthritis," according to Carol Krueger of Crystal Lake, instructor of the course. Among the topics addressed during the six-week series are pain man­ agement, developing an appropriate exercise pro­ gram, arthritis medication, coping with stress, work­ ing with a your physician and several other related issues. "In addition to the practical knowledge offered, the Arthritis Self-Help Course provides class members with a supportive setting in which to address various arthritis related problems," Krueger noted. "Just knowing that you are hot alone in your situation and that others are facing similar problems can be of tremendous help when dealing with a chronic disease like arthritis." Fee for the course is $15 and includes a text and all materials. Registration deadline for the program is Monday, Sept. 30. Physician consent is required for enrollment in the course. A consent form is included in the registration packet. For details and registration information, call Chris at (815 ) 344-4715, Carol at ( 815 ) 459-1576, or the Arthri­ tis Foundation at (312 ) 782-1367. Christian women's retreat set A Christian women's retreat will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.. Saturday. Oct. 5. at Hemmen's Audi­ torium. 150 Dexter Court. Elgin. The all-day event will feature sev­ eral speakers, seminars beginning^ at 9:30 a.m., mini-sessions, testimo­ nies and a bookstore. A continental breakfast, lunch and dinner are in­ cluded in the donation cost of $18. Registrations and money must be received by Tuesday, Oct. 1. No re­ funds or cancellations can be made after that date: - For more information caD Carol Wisen, (312) 773-1014, or Eddie Dani- cek, (312 ) 888-1929. Eugene Bolda Moms' discussion group to meet Art C-sections to be discussed at Memorial prenatal class A special fourth session has been added to Memorial Hospital's prenatal classes. The new session, focusing on cesarean sections, prepares the baby's father so he may remain at the mother's side during a cesarean delivery. The class, which is set for Mon­ day, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. in the hospital's Conference Center, will cover a variety of C-section topics, including signs of labor, reasons for a C-section, preparation for C- section and more. To register for the program, call (815) 338-2500, ext. 373. Fee for the class is $10. The New Moms Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. The group, which strives to help all new moms deal with their new respon­ sibilities, is open to all new moms. The New Moms Discussion Group offers mothers and their babies a time and a place to come together and share the positive and negative experiences of parenting that ^accompany motherhood during the baby's first year. The meeting is not limited to first-time mothers. For more information about the group and location of the meeting, call Michelle Johnson at (813) 653- 7376 or Louise Chapman at (815) 455-6414. The New Mom's Discussion Group is a program offered by the Childbirth and Parenting Associa­ tion of McHenry County (C4PA). This association offers its members support and information to help their important roles as parents. Interested mothers need not be a member of C&PA to at­ tend the New Moms Discussion Group. Expectant mothers are also welcome. Other services offered by C&PA include a bimonthly newsletter, discussion groups for moms of tots, children's holiday parties, playgroups for preschoolers, and meetings which feature autorities speaking on subjects of interest to parents. For more information about the Childbirth and Parenting Associa­ tion, call Linda Marsh At (815) 455- 5475. P. . . . Nicaragua!! farmer visits Elgin churches flancial planning Scvninfll SCT Leading Nicaraguan Catholic or- and Don Woznica of Chicago. villages where priests can visit on A free money management work­ shop will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Crystal Lake Li­ brary. Sponsoring the program is Waddell and Reed Financial Ser­ vices. Speaker will be Raul Viteri of Crystal Lake. 'Among the subjects that will be covered at the Workshop are: risk management, money market funds, mutual funds, savings programs, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, IRAs and tax reduction. In 1984, Waddell and Reed Finan­ cial Services, the largest financial planning organization in the coun­ try, sponsored over 46,000 seminars across the United States. They have worked with such diverse groups as charitable organizations, libraries, school districts and corporations. Registration is encouraged. To register, or information, call Raul Viteri at (815) 459-6683. Use of the library facility in no way constitutes library endorsement of the group, its opinions or its activities. Leading Nicaraguan Catholic or­ ganizer Valentine Ponce - who on two occasions hosted Elgin pastors on fact-finding trips to that country -- will make a reciprocal visit to their Elgin churches this week. - Ponce will visit St. Joseph Catho­ lic Church, 272 Divisidn St. on Thurs­ day, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m., and The First Presbyterian Church, 24b Stan- dish St. Friday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. He will speak on the role of religion in creating the new Nicaragua. He will be joined by two American Catholic lay missionaries, Celine and Don Woznica of Chicago. St. Joseph Pastor DaVid Engbarth is associate pastor of St. Joseph's, and lived with Ponce's family "in 1984. First Presbyterian Pastor Wil­ liam Clark met him this past July at his home near Somotillo in the Chin- endega province. Ponce, a farmer by trade, is founder of the Bloque movement, which has organized over 150 Chris­ tian Base Communities, and a Dele­ gate of the Word, a priest-trained lay leader empowered to offer many clerical functions in isolated rural villages where priests can visit only rarely. Ponce was one of the first to apply the prophetic vision of liberation theology - the Kingdom of God on earth - to Nicaragua. The Woznica's are Catholic Mary- knoll missionaries recently returned from two and a half years in Nicara­ gua. Don, a doctoral candidate in public health, worked in the Minis­ try of Health clinic, and Celine, a doctoral candidate in public health, worked in the public health pro­ gram. proceeds to aid hospital Noted Barrington artist Stan Young is exhibiting a series of wa- tercolors at the mini-gallery of Good Shepherd Hospital. The display, which features famil­ iar scenes of Galena and Door Coun­ ty, Wi., is located across from the chapel on the first floor of the hospi­ tal. All the watercolors are for sale. Twenty-five percent of each sale goes to the Auxiliary of Good Shep­ herd Hospital and is jfederallj&tax deductible. For more information, call Good Shepherd Hospital at (312) 381-9600, extension 5104. Dist. 300 board to discuss budget A special meeting of the board of education, Community Unit School District 300, is set for 6:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 23. The board plans to hold a work session on the 1985-86 budget. The meeting will be held in the administrative center, 405 N. Sixth St.-, Dundee. Local phone service rates rising slowly PLAY EDITION ADDITION WASHINGTON, D.C. - What do women's wear, aodlo-vltual equipment, and whiskey have to do with local telephone service? They are the only three items which have increased less than local phone service out of some 400 itesm measured by the Consumer Price Index from 1967 to 1984. During that period the Con­ sumer Price Index soared 311 per­ cent, while local phone rates went up only 114 percent. In fact, if phone service had followed the general inflation indicators, the average price of local service to­ day would be $20 instead of $12. These and many other in­ teresting facts about local telephone service are contained in the latest edition of PhoneFacts, an annual compilation of industry statistics and information, just published by the United States Telephone Association. At the average price of $12 per month, for example, local telephone service remains one of the American consumer's best household bargains, compared to the average monthly cost of elec­ tricity, $53.46; natural gas for cooking, heat and hot water, $89.40; automobile use and upkeep, $57.41; and health care, $121.00. Despite the largest corporate break-up in history with the AT&T divestiture on Jan. 1, 1984, and consequent upheaval within the telephone industry, the local phone companies continued a pat­ tern of steady growth, adding last year some three million customer access lines. This brought to over 114 million the number of customer lines connected to the nationwide telephone network. „ According to PhoneFacts, California leads the nation in customer lines with almost 14 million, followed by New York which has almost 9.5 million. Alaska has the fewest Unes -- some 231,500, followed closely by Wyoming with 235,000 and Ver­ mont with 245,000. The fact booklet notes an average factory worker1 labors fewer hours today to pay for mon­ thly telephone service than back in 1965. In Oregon, for example, a manufacturing employee had to work 2.1 hours to pay the monthly local service bill 20 years ago. To­ day the same employee need work ony 1.5 hours to pay for phone ser­ vice, and this is typical throughout the nation. The nation's phone companies generated revenues of $75 billion in 1984 -- over two percent of the gross national product. They poured over $17 billion into con­ struction and modernization pro­ grams. The outlook for the telephone in­ dustry in 1985, according to PhoneFacts, is continued growth. Local phone companies are ex­ pected to install another 2.4 million customer access lines this year, increase their revenues to $79.5 billion and spend more than $19 billion on new projects to im­ prove and upgrade customer ser­ vices. In 1984 the phone industry employed 753,580 employees in the 50 states. The industry has almost 10 million shareholders. The United States Telephone Association is one of the nation's major trade groups, representing the interests of the 1,400 local phone companies, including the Bell operating companies. Its members range in size from the smallest phone company with 30 customers to the largest holding company serving about 14.7 million customers. Coronary Club to hear doctor talk on strokes The Coronary Club of the McHen­ ry County Heart Association will hear Dr. David Bruha discuss "Strokes" on Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Ambutal. Bruha is in family practice in Crystal Lake and is a graduate of the University of Illinois Circle Campus and of the Rcgzkford School of Medicine. He completed a family practice residency at the Decatur Family Practice Clinic and is board certified in family practice. The Coronary Club is a voluntary organization, part of the McHenry County Heart Association, and a self-help group for persons with Cor­ onary heart diesease or with family or friends with it. It meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m; at the Crystal Lake Ambutal, Rt. 31, north of Rt. 176. There is no charge and each month a different topic is discussed, For more information, call 1-800-942- 8620. ALUMNI SOUGHT Former residents of the Guarc Angel Home In Joliet are urged contact the Alumni Association, which is compiling a directory of former residents from 1900 through the 1980's. write: the Alumni Associ­ ation, Guardian Angel Home, Theo­ dore and Plainfield Road, Joliet. 111., 60435, or by calling (815) 722-2235 collect. GRAND PRIZE! A Fabulous trip for 2 8 Days/7 Nites in HAWAI WEEKLY PRIZES: >100.00 ' \ SWEEPSTAKES QUESTIONS: Monday, September 23 1. What congressional districts are located In McHenry County? 2. Who Is the U.S. Attorney General? 3. 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