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•V PAGE 18-PLAINDEAO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, V SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE Equality of Opportunity The American ideal- is to provide all children with an equal opportunity in life. By making a good elementary and secondary education available to them, the State of Illinois hopes to prepare children fjpr good citizenship and economic self-sufficiency. However, simply providing the schools does not assure equal educational opportunity for all children. Many children face barriers that they must cross before they can benefit from schooling. The physically handicapped child needs help Jo compensate for his handicap. The child who is not fortunate enough to live in a stable home, requires special attention. The mentally handicapped child needs a teacher with special skills and a smaller class before he canlearn. The child whose home i^Wiiles from school does not have an op­ portunity to attend school that the child living in town would enjoy. To overcome this han­ dicap, transportation, is provided to and from school. The child from a poor family must have its basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter provided I efore he has equal access to i n education. By help ng children over­ come barr ers such as defects of sight, speech, hearing, we make educational opportunity available to them and increase, the likelihood that they will grow up to be self-sufficient and contributing citizens. Using resources provided by our citizens and the State of Illinois, the District 15 schools make extensive efforts to helD * ' A By Anne Ashley rQ. How can I remove grease spots from wallpaper? A. Make a paste of corn-, starch and water, apply this to the stained area, and allow to remain until dry. Then brush the dried paste off. This usually es the trick - but if it doesn't, tr^\a paste of fuller's earth and dry-cleaning flutdfHi^ed in the sameKmanner. Q. T^Iow can I soften the leather in a pair of inexpensive work shoes? A. Try placing two scrubbed potatoes in each shoe over­ night. Q. What is a good way to wrap an oversized Christmas gift without the necessity of pasting together small sheets of gift paper? A. Use a paper tablecloth for this wrapping job. Q. How can I remove all youngsters make ?a good start in life. Robert W. Boos mascara stains from some of flly bathroom towels? ^ A. Since mascara is soluble in water, these stains will^ually come out during a regular session 4n the washing- machine. Q. How can I brighten up some old, rather dingy-looking Christmas tree ornaments? A. By giving them a spray of clear lacquer from an aerosol can. This will makej them glossier and less fragiV. Q. How can L^xemove bloodstains Trbqjy materials? A. Washables should be soaked or rubbed ̂ Avith cold water until the stain is almost gone, then washed in warm, sudsy water. For old or stub­ born stains, add two tablespoons of household ammonia, or two cups of salt to each gallon water used for soaking. On unwashables, sponge the stains with cold or lukewarm water. Sponging with a little hydrogen peroxide usually removes any traces of stain that might linger. Q. What is a good way to loosen the old' putty when replacing a pane of window glass? A. By passing a red-hot poker slowly over the old putty. Q. How can I keep suede shoes looking good? A. By rubbing them with a piece of stale rye bread or a rubber sponge after each wearing. Q. How can I remove some crayon marks from a carpet? A. Cellophane tape will often remove these stains. Just press the sticky side against the spot. Q. How can I most easjly separate cold slices of b^ton that are stuck together? / A. By putting the amount you want to cook in a skillet, then as soon as it begins to heat, separate the strips. Thirty-six wives and 17 children of prisoners of war were amdng 64,556 dependents and survivors of veterans r e c e i v i n g e d u c a t i o n a l assistance under the GI Bill during fiscal year 1972. A new insurance plan -- Modified Life-Age 70 -- makes it financially feasible for 200,000 aging veterans with term in­ surance policies to convert to the new plan under which premiums remain at a level amount, VA reports. W80TM FBI DAY JANUARY 5 SATURDAY JANUARY6 9 AMr 9PM. 9A.M.-6RM. & , ;£v • ' ' '*' 'ft 4 • • w 'wf i kwV* • i 4* v.* v . • Ahh EAIh & WINTER MERCHANDISE REDUCED! DID 400 PAIRS PANTS • 400 SWEATERS 200 BLOUSES- 350 DRESSES* ALSO ACCESSORIES, JEWELRY AND GIFT ITEMS. B§UH7IH7I LiMflED »» 1220 N/GEfEN ST McHENR.Y,iLL.6°o50 CHARffE PURCHASES WELCOME. I mmm *»»»,* Wnfey GIFT FOR HOME - Woodstock Future Farmer's of America chapter members present three turkeys to the Woodstock Children's home, part of their Christmas tradition of giving. From left, William Pictor of McHenry, vocational agriculture instructor; Helen Stoerp, FFA member; Clifford Redding, Woodstock Homes superintendent; and Jane Schaid, FFA member. * (DON PEASLEY PHOTO) Four Signs in American Sign Language / penny l/Vord determined by hand-shape changes with different motion, iVord determined by hand-shape and motion changes with different body-placement. IOKLCY ' if'Tt- Sign Language Studies Reveal Inner Workings Of Human Mind What is sign language really like? Is it just a gestured version of English, or is it a different language? If you've ever watched a group of deaf people signing among themselves, you probably saw what is called American Sign Language- which is a complete language, with its own grammar and structure. In other situations the deaf may use Signed English, and in some cases they may have to use fingerspelling. These last two, which are not independent languages, are what you usually see on the small cards occasionally sold by the deaf. The first thorough studies of the linguistic structure of sign language are being done at the Salk Institute in San Diego. Researchers there are comparing the detailed structure of sign language to the detailed structure of spoken language, and they are com­ paring how a hearing child learns spoken language to how a deaf child learns sign language. By comparing signed and spoken languages the researchers can find out the basic biological capacity for language-regardless of the mode of expression. They can also add new evidence to the search for the common characteristics of all human languages. Since language is a uniquely human trait, these studies reveal much about the ,> w ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ X ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ¥ ~ ¥ j V Are You Nr ! workings of the human mind. The researchers make videotapes of stories, poems, memory tests and gram­ matical exercises in sign for later detailed study. The work involves deaf families from the San Diego area as well as classes of deaf students from San Fernando State college and Gallaudet college in Washington, D.C. They have found that signs are determined by three im­ portant parameters: the shape of the hand, the direction of the motion, and the place of the hands in relation to the body. Changing any one of these can change the meaning of a sign completely. (One of a series provided by the Salk Institute t'San Diego, Calif., to improve public un­ derstanding of science.) McHenry Area 5 ¥•¥•»¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD L IKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA CALL JOAN STULL FRAN OLSEN DORIS ANDRES 385-5418 385-5740 385-4518 Any eligible veteran who wants help for a drug problem should go to any Veterans Admistration hospital where his problem will be kept in the strictest of confidence and treatment arranged either there or at another drug center. There are 8.9 million World War II and Korean Conflict veterans and another 7.5 million veterans who served after Jan. 31, 1955, who can benefit from legislation that restores their expired unused loan benefits. Details are available at any VA office. I ' t Y I M / l H I l i ' K N O W ? Y O U R N E W A R E A - " Q Y A L W E ' . O O M E D O E S f T B J p S T ^ t* * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ^ M M * ¥ ¥¥ ¥ ¥ »»»»¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥V 1 N0TIQE City of McHenry trucks vyill pick up Christmas trees January 4, 5 & 8th. All trees must be on the tree bank no later than Janu­ ary 7th if they are to be removed by the city. City of McHenry