Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 14

H-Mattocm (II.) Journal GaiKte Friday, July 18, 1980 Rotary exchange fmm wMs km 7 West 1 -1 By NANCY J. PURDY JG Family Editor MATTOON Yorck Wegener was warned that Central Illinois summer's are hot, but no one, least of all Yorck, was prepared for the. 100-degree weather. -The fair-skinned blond from, the Scandinavia side of West Germany arrived at his host family's' home in courduroy Mrs. Jett said the family has enjoyed the experience and was excited about the Rotary program which they learned about from a friend who is a Rotary member.

Mrs. Jett said anyone interested in participating in a Rotary exchange should contact someone in the organization, "The student pays his own "wav tolfiecouiflnrwhere he It 1 1 If Jetts for three weeks as part of the Rotary exchange program. Yorck's 17-year-old sister is staying with a family in Michigan. On July 23, Yorck will return home with his exchange partner, Tammy Jett. His sister's exchange partner will also be going to the Wegener home.

Corn on the cob and the water slide at Springhaven have made a hit with the tall, teen-age visitor. In West Germany corn still on the cob is used only as fodder. "When in seems to be Yorck's philosophy on his first trip to the States. An avid, traveler Europe, the youth hopes to return to the U.S. for a longer visit in the future.

He would like to see the Empire State Building in New York and the Grand Canyon. "I've seen some pictures of the Grand Canyon," he said. "I think it's fascinating." The Jetts have- taken ''their asked Elaine Jett if Yorck isn't her brother or her son. Mrs. Jett says Y'orck looks very much like her brother.

Yorck, who has studied English for five years, spoke recently to the Rotary here in Mattoon. He picked up on the language during a stay on a farm last summer in England. Yorck's mother, a widow, is studying to be an archeologist 3he andner two children travel in Europe frequently, Yorck said, but then, that's rather like traveling from state to state here, he thinks. Yorck's father was a lawyer, but Yorck, who plans to attend a university, has not finalized his career goals. His interests include horseback riding, soccer and swimming.

The Jetts have been host to students participating in the American Field Service domestic (U.S;) exchange, but have not hosted an international youth until now. international guest to St. Louis and plan to take him around Chicago before Yorck and Tammy board the plane for the flight to Germany. By the time Yorck leaves, he will have seen Springfield, New Salem, and the Amish country as well as the Lincoln land that surrounds Mattoon and Charleston. He has also visited the Steve Degler farm near Mattoon.

In exchange, he and his sister and mother plan to take Tammy and the other Rotary partner first to visit southern Germany before going "home" to Ploen." Ploen is a town of 13,000 which is nestled comfortablv between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Not far from Denmark, the Ploen citizenry resemble their blond nordic neighbors. Tammy will be at home there, with her blonde features and Germanic heritage. In fact, some people have 3 I rnjjjcf i will stay," she said. "The only thing the host family is responsible for is to provide a private room and meals for the exchange student." Tammy, 16, is- excited about going to Germany next week.

Because it is her first trip, she is comfortable knowing that the exchange partner from Michigan will be going too. "I will at least have her to talk to," Tammy said of the American Rotary partner. "I don't speak much German. We will be flying back together, too, so that helps." ml with his exchange 'sister' Tammy Jett 1 Calendar marriage is At Wit's End My husband and 1 are products of a mixed marriage. He is left-handed and I am right-handed.

It's not a perfect marriage, but I do the. best I can with a man who writes a letter like he is throwing out a net and who' winds his watch backwards. My mother was right. I should have realized it would never 'Mixed' work from the night we met. A group of us from the newspaper where we both worked had gone to a restaurant for dinner.

As I started to cut my meat, an elbow from my right clipped me between the rib cage and the kidneys. It continued gouging me until his fork reached his mouth. Something was wrong. My right hand and his left hand Yorck Wegener were working together. We were eating like we were laminated.

He laughed nervously, "I'm left-handed." "It's okay," I said, "I'm Catholic." We started seeing one another. We fell in love. His being left-handed didn't seem important then. When he turned on the drinking fountain and nearly drowned me, we toughed," When he worked crossword puzzles backwards, we. roared.

When he tried to open every door on the hinge side, we doubled over in mirth. My friends tried to warn me "Do you want to spend the rest of your life with a man whose bowling shoes have to be 'special ordered'?" My mother Erma Bombck "Fqmify a ffairs should be shared with men By Abigail Van Buren 1980 by Universal Press Syndicate Anniversary is planned slacks and a long-sleeved shirt. His American family, Ross and Elaine Jett and 16 year-old daughter Tammy, quickly found attire more suited to this climate for their Rotary exchange guest. to Yorck meant something cooler than what he found here. Afterall, his home in Ploen, northern West Germany, is located 1,000 miles north (and several thousand miles east) of Mattoon.

Consequently, Yorck's idea of hot would probably Mattoon's idea of pleasant and fair. Yorck, 15, is staying with the Nancy Reagan and number By DIANE CURTIS DETROIT (UPI) Nancy Reagan gives no hint her life has been anything less than perfect. Ronald Reagan calls his wife of 28 years his "greatest asset without whom couldn't do anything in the world." And their loving gazes, hand-holding and constant companionship attest to their devotion to each other. In public, she assumes her quiet and. deferential stance, which consists mainly of gazing adoringly at the actor-turned-politician.

She is unfailingly gracious. Her impenetrable; reserve masks a strong will that emerges in private. Nancy Reynolds, Mrs. Reagan's press secretary when Reagan was governor of California, put il this way: "Everybody wants a piece of the man. They fight like sharks, She's very protective.

If has to be the h.atchet man, the had guy, she'll do it Thank God for her because lip's Mr. Nice Guy." At campaign' appearances, it is Nancy Reagan who tugs her husband's hand, to pull him away from drawn out question and answer sessions or fundraisers or cocktail parties. But sometimes it goesfarther than protection and she takes the offensive. When Reagan was egged into name-calling at a University of Oregon rally the day before the Oregon primary, it was Nancy Reagan who chastised the aide i i ii. iii wno scneauiea me eveni mere, observers said.

II UfQf raruri iA hat Mrr it ft a. ipui iqu uiul 111 J. Kragan was instrumental in iteagan's decision to fire John (to a Nancy BETHANY Mr. and Mrs. Dwaine C.

Throneburg Sr, of Bethany will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a reception. The reception will be hosted by their children from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Crowder Park in Bethanv. son Michael Reagan at DEAR ABBY: IRRITATED is mad because her daughter-in-law never called to invite her to dinner. It was always her son who did the calling.

Tell me, would she be equally irritated if her own daughter did all the inviting instead of her son-in-law? Usually the son-in-law is considered a "hero" if he just shows up and talks civilly to his wife's family they come to visit. No one ever expects a married man to pick out a Mother's Day his mother that's his wife's job, and she's lucky if she can get her husband to sign the card. Who ever heard of a man going to visit his wife's Uncle Ed in the hospital? Or picking out graduation gifts for his wife's nieces and nephews much less his own? Isn't it time men got more involved in family affairs? Sign me anything you wish. I live in Costa Mesa, Calif. ALSO IRRITATED DEAR IRRITATED: Traditionally the wife has written all the letters, purchased the gifts and acted as the unpaid public relations agent for her husband's family as well as her own.

It started way back when women didn't work outside their homes. Times have changed, and now nearly as many married women as men go out to work, but men still consider it a wife's "duty" to be the social secretary. Arid as long as women permit it, instead of insisting that those responsibilities be shared, that's the way it will be. an: Ronnie's Reag noble showed great restraint. All she said was, "Think of the children.

To bring them into a world that prejudices against left-handers would be cruel But I didn't listen. At the wedding, when he put the ring on my finger and his elbow once again clipped me between the rab cage and the kidney, 1 was once again reminded this was to become a way of life. Somehow, we managed to pull off 31 years 31 years of his insistence that he sleep on the left side of the bed so the clock would be on his left side 31 years of my trying to figure out which side was his backhand so I could serve a tennis ball to it 31 years of being the only one in the house who could use a wrench or a hedge clipper. The other night he said, "Do you know what the most miserable part about being left-handed is?" I shook my head. "I cannot hold the right- nanaea scissors to cut my toena I thought of the wives of Harry Truman, Jimmy Connors Robert Redford, the Boston Strangler and Babe Ruth all left-handers.

It's a lousy job but someone has. to doit. The couple was married in Mattoon on Julv 16, 1955. They are the parents ot Brenda Hovious of Mattoon, and Linda Hovious, Glenda Workman and Dwaine all of Bethany. They also have three grandchildren.

camera kits, and (lowers. Winners will represent their state in the national finals to be held in Atlanta, in late November. To obtain entry information call toll free 1-800-241-7131 Ext. 400 or write to "Little Miss U.S.A." P.O. Box 45354, Atlanta Airport Station, Atlanta.

Ga. 30320. The event is sponsored bv "Little Miss U.S.A. and the public is invited to attend all competitions, including the: awards presentation. Area graduates include: James Durham, Mark E.

Eads, David E. Hills, Katherine J. Jaenike, Teresa Maloy, John J. Rearden, Michelle M. Rogers, Thomas C.

Sellett and David B. Tinder, all of Charleston; Mark A. Brummet, of Lerna; Tina M. Alexander, of Neoga; Sue A. Florini, Cynthia Steward and James D.

Ward, all of Sullivan; Timothy G. Stremming, of Strasburg; and Richard D. Elliott, of Windsor. Local woman earns degree MATTOON Jennifer Hagerstrom of Mattoon was among those who were graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Medical Technology in Decatur.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson of rural Paris. Saturday, July 19 Midwest Singles Association 3 p.m. cookout south of Charleston.

Bring own meat, dish to pass, table service and lawn chair. Eating to begin at 6 p.m. For information call 258-8231. Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Al-Atot 8 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church, 3400 DeWitt.

FAR 4-H hears presentations MATTOON The eighth meeting of the FAR 4-H Club was called to order by Debra Luce. The club recently attended uic nan uiuvc nuiuc c.MCliaiuii by Merle Baugher. A cookout is planned for parents on Sept. 13 at Hidden Springs. The club's achievement meeting was held July 17 at the Christian Church of Windsor.

Jennifer Bennet gave a talk on table manners. Stacey Lee presented a demonstration, on chip dip and Amy Bowry presented one on seed designs. Correction The name of Robert Brown Jf- of Lodi.talif., was omttted-from the article concerning the 25th anniversary of his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. Kooert Brown oi Oakrlalp Calif formerlv of Mattoon.

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The Missouri-Illinois-Iowa Pageant for "Little Miss Tri-State, U.S.A." is seeking entrants. The pageant will be held Sept. 27 at the St. Louis Clayton Plaza Holiday Inn in St. Louis, Mo, Contestants from 24' months to 12 years are invited to participate.

Three division winners, based on age groups, will be selected. State finalist trophies and certificates will be presented to every contestant. Winners will receive savings bonds, watches, DEAR ABBY: My pet peeve is the "schnorrer" someone who tries to get something for nothing. I buy a newspaper every morning on my way to work to read during my coffee break, and the minute I clock in, someone says, "Hey, can I see" the sports section?" Or "Give me Dear Abby when you're finished. with her." It's the same during lunch.

No one around here ever buys a newspaper, but they all enjoy reading mine. One guy had the nerve to ask me if he could take my'paper home with him! How can I handle these schnorrers without making enemies? SICK OF SCHNORRERS Students graduate from University of Illinois GOP Convention theater. She went to Hollywood and met Reagan when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. "He was less like any actor I'd ever she reminisced of their first dinner dale. "He never talked about the last picture or his next picture.

He had a wide variety of interests." i "Ronnie," as shei calls him, "is a very tender, very, sentimental man" who even sends' flowers to his mother-in-law on his wife's July 6 birthday to "thank her for me." Although she says she had nothing to do with Reagan's switch from Democrat to Republican in 1962, she and her husband agree on most issues. They oppose the Equal, Rights Amendment and abortion and favor capital punishment, for instance. Of today's movies, she says, "I think they're mostly in poor taste! They leave nothing to the imagination at all and it really gets down to bad writing." She has questions about young people's commitment to marriage. Their daughter Patty lived for a time with a member of the Eagles rock band despite her parents' disapproval. In an interview, Nancy Reagan said the success of her own marriage is due to the work they put into it.

"Generally speaking today, there are many people who don't really try and don't really work at it. It's not always 50-50. Sometimes, it's On- both sides. But if you love somebody, if you're willing to give that 90 percent and they're willing to give that 90 percent when they need to give it." DEAR SICK; Give the schnorrers the part you aren't reading with instructions to return it Sears, engineer of the "lront-runner strategy." on the day of the New Hampshire primary She also sometimes feeds him lines when he appears stymied for an answer. When a reporter commented on the effects of marijuana, Mrs.

Reagan whispered to her husband, "You wouldn't "I wouldn't know," Reagap told the reporter. Nancy Reagan, 56, sees it all with characteristic public, modesty. "You can't possibly be married for 28 years and not have an influence on your husband," she says. Whatever influence she has, she says, won't be injected into running of the government if Reagan is elected. "I'm not going to sit in, on Cabinet meetings," she "The only time 1 was ever in the (California Capitol was when I was redecorating." Not all "campaign insiders think she is so demure', however.

"Nancy wants to be a former staffer was quoted as saying. She once told a television interviewer, "I wouldn't be like Rosalynn Carter." When reminded later of the remark, she promised she would never say it again. Life in the public eye is nothing new. As Nancy Davis she had her own screen career, appearing in one movie with her husband, whom she married on March 4, 1952. She is a daughter of actress Edith Luckett and Kenneth Robbins and asked to be officially adopted by her stepfather, Dr.

Iyal Davis, a Chicago surgeon," when she was 14. She was a debutante and went on to Smith College and majored in MATTOON Several local and area students were among the 5,267 who graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Those who received Bachelor of Science degrees from Mattoon include: Robert J. Brunswick, 200 Melody Lane, Liberal Arts Sciences; Randall Wayne Curry, Route 5, Agriculture; Cynthia Lou Decker, Route 5, Liberal Arts Sciences; Jack R. Edwards, 212 Circle Drive, Engineering; Stephen Kent Emig, 1617 Edgar Liberal Arts Sciences; Brenda Carol Livesay, R.

R. 3, Commerce Business Administration; Debra Lynn Moore, 201 Wabash, Applied Life Studies; Bradley Wayne Storm, 400 Park View, Liberal Arts Sciences; Thomas Allen Taylor, 308 Crestview, Fine Applied 'Arts; and Harry Eugene Woods, 1012 Rudy, Communications. DEAR ABBY: It's been three months since our brother died. Joe was terminally ill for a long time, and although he was fully aware of his condition, he never discussed it with anyline. Joe a well-known and loved businessman who had been active and healthy before this hit him.

During his-illness and after his death, dozens of people expressed their sorrow and feelings of inadequacy that prevented their visiting him and giving him the support and company he would have enjoyed so much: I feel fortunate that I was the one who spent the most time with him during his last months. I enjoyed conversations that he hadn't had time for before his illness. His knowledge and fantastic memory gave me so much We laughed, we cried together, we talked. Much time was spent in comfortable silence. I'm sure Joe would have enjoyed visits from his contemporaries.

He was always so aheerful. They would have gone away feeling good. What a pity that the fear of not knowing what to say robbed numerous friends of an enjoyable experience. If they had only shown up, Joe would have guided the conversation and made them feel comfortable arid glad they came. I hope you print (his, Abby.

Just sign me JOK'S SISTER.