84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 24, 1994 Onbei a farm -And o hazar Joyce B Chicago’s O’Hare airport is not where I’d go looking for Christ mas. It’s a huge, sprawling complex of terminals, gates, runways, hangars, peoplemovers, and all sorts of shops to §upply travelers’ needs. Planes from all over the country and international locations land and take off there daily, mov ing folks to destinations every where but the moon. Airports always remind me of anthills, with bodies purposefully scurrying in all directions. That’s what O’Hare looked like one day a few weeks ago, as I waited in a super-crowded gate, enroute home from a meeting. Everyone in the country seemed to be flying that day and half of ’em were trying to get on this particular flight. Though I’d gotten my name on the stand-by list of this earlier flight, the likelihood of catching it looked nil. 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In the interim, the overhead televisions were tuned in for the evening news. After hearing the headlines, I fiddled with the headphone dial to see what else was on the air. Suddenly, the lilting music of “Joy To The World” flooded through my ears, sounding so beautiful it nearly brought me to tears. In that moment, the fatigue from leaving home at 4 a.m„ late arrival at the meeting due to morn ing flight delays, and concerns about weather affecting the return one immediately began to lift. Strains of holiday classicals by Buy Now and Save with our Winter Work” Prices. Plus We’ll Pay You $5OO in 1994 IF YOU PREPARE A LEVEL BUILDING SITE Buildings now! Simply prepare a level buildup site by December 31,1994... for construction in 1993... and Morton Building? will pay you $500! What’s mote, you’ll avoid anticipated 1995 price increases. And to fully appreciate what that could mean, just take a look at what lumber prices have done the last two years! 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