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PAGE 10-PIAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1973 EDITORIALS The Cost Of Busing President Nixon is often berated by liberals who can't understand his outspoken opposition to massive busing. - The effects of massive busing or massive integration, however, sometimes mean tragedy for the public school system. In the Deep South, many a community school today in rural or small-town communities lies empty and unused because white students suddenly became the minority, and despite the good will and sincere efforts of parents and teachers of both major races, the change in conditions was too great, too soon. ... The conscientious parent of the majority race, even though in the first year or two having made an effort to live with the change, to some disadvantage to the child concerned, has been almost compelled, in the interest of his own child, to place him in a private school. This situation may not be understood or even accepted as true by some, and in the moral, idealistic and Christian concept it should not be so, but from the practical view­ point, it's too much to expect the average parent to use his child as a sacrifice, in a sense, for a better future system --at the cost of lower standards and an inferior education, today. . Busing is here to stay, the old mandatory separate school pattern is gone forever, and should be. But in many areas, usually those where the minority race is a major proportion of the population, massive busing to achieve racial balance is often counter-productive. It has caused the closure of many schools, been the catalyst for the open­ ing of hundreds of new, private schools and lowered stand­ ards drastically in other schools. Perhaps that is inevitable. Perhaps there was no better transitional path, for what had to be done. Nevertheless, massive busing which destroys the neighborhood school concept often carries with it more disadvantages than ben­ efits; that is why the President, and so many others, op­ pose it as contrary to the best interest of the nation. Fiction And Truth Quite a few novels concerning World War II are appearing among the new books these days. The question which occurs to a newspaperman concerning novels about a war, is why so many people prefer novels to the truth. Probably few people realize it, but a surprising number of true stories about World War II, many of them pure spine-tingling drama, but true, have been published since the war. No novel can surpass them for thrilling reading, heroics, adventure and escape. When one has read such accounts, and enjoyed them, he has also added greatly to his store of knowledge. We suggest this type of reading for those who like adventure and excitement in their books. Saving Children The death list of children, accidentally killed in the United States, exceeds forty a day and many of the fatali­ ties should have been foreseen, could have been prevented by due care. Hundreds of children are injured every year by knives, scissors or other dangerous instruments. Parents, of course, know little children grab for anything they can reach and, consequently, should understand the importance of putting these things out of their reach. In addition, extreme care should be exercised in connec­ tion with anything of an electrical nature. Despite safety devices, damp floors and wet hands make a dangerous com­ bination. Obviously, little children don't know of this peril and, as a result, a number of them are electrocuted every Social Security By John K. Watkins, Field Representative QUESTION: My busband applied for black lung payments but he couldn't get them because all his work was in a surface coal mine. I hear there was a recent change in the black lung law that allows surface coal miners to get monthly payments. Is this true? ANSWER: Yes. Under the new federal law, surface coal miners who are totally disabled by black lung may be eligible for monthly black lung payments. V Since he has already applied, he need not do anything at this time. The Social Security ad­ ministration is reviewing all previous applications, and your husband will be notified about how his application is affected by the new law and if additional information is needed before a decision can be made. However, if your husband had not made an application, he should call, write, or visit any Social Security office promptly. QUESTION: I've been a coal miner all my life, but now I have such difficulty breathing, I can't work. My doctor suggested I apply for monthly black lung payments for myself and my family. Can you tell me how much the monthly payments are under the black lung programs? ' M ANSWER: The basic black lung payment is $161.50 a month for an eligible coal miner (or his widow). Payment to a family can range up to $322.90 a month, depending on the number of eligible dependents. QUESTION : I've worked as a THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS t Economic Stabilization year. While it would be cruel to accuse the parents of the vic­ tims of criminal negligence, the facts often sustain the al­ legation. coal miner all my life but now I have lung trouble and can't work at my job. Can I get black lung payments? ANSWER: Under the new black lung law, a coal miner is considered totally disabled by black lung disease if the con­ dition is severe enough to keep him from doing work com­ parable to work that he regularly did in the mines. To find out if you are eligible to get benefits, you should call, write, or visit any Social Security office promptly. Black lung benefits are payable only from the month a claim is filed by the miner. Know^" , S T H £ "Wfealner Can you tell by the nature of winter rainfall whether a cold or warm front is pass­ ing in above you? Yes. there are clues which will enable you to know, most of the time, whether winter Tain is being caused by a cold or warm front. If the rain is hard and comes on suddenly and wind indi­ cates a fast-moving front, chances are excellent that a cold front is moving over you. These fronts move faster, the leading (precipitation) edge passes above in less time and cold, clear weather usually follows. If the rain is steady and dull and lasts a day or more, with winds .moderate or almost non­ existent, a warm front is probably passing in above you. This means several hun­ dred miles of stratus cloud, and a lengthly spell of folsture, quite probably. HOW TO LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD Learning to be a good listener is hard work that takes patience, skill, and tact. However, knowing how and when to listen -- really listen ~, to a growing child or teen-ager is both an art and skill well within the reach of any parent who desires a positive, healthy relationship with his children. Indeed, wise parents learn early that being a good listener is as powerful an asset in dealing Avith their youngsters as being a good talker. We adults must learn not to say the right thing at the wrong time and to leave unsaid the wrong things at the tempting moment. Appropriate silence is a great asset to good con­ versation between parent and child whatever the child's age may be. LISTEN TO THE LANGUAGE OF BEHAVIOR Messages are communicated in many different ways and not all of them are verbal. Lear­ ning to "listen" to behavior with our eyes and not just our ears is an important aspect of being a good listener. The language of a tear, a laugh, a sullen face, a slammed door is real. These have meaning just as words do. BE LESS TEACHY Sometimes we get so caught up in the idea that we have to be "teaching" our children something all the time that we end up more enamored with our special lesson for the day than with their problem of the moment. REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING A willingness to listen to our children can play an important part toward enhancing a youngster's feelings of self- esteem and self-confidence. It is essential to keep in mind that the very act of listening is a form of nonverbal com­ munication. Attentive, responsive (as opposed to passive, bored) listening can communicate any number of different but overlapping messages to a youngster, such as "You're a worthwhile person" and "I respect your point of view." BE AN ACTIVE LISTENER As we said earlier, learning to be an effective listener is hard work. Good listening does not mean using our listening time to prepare for what we are going to say, but it does mean reflecting with a child, sometimes rephrasing what he For Your Information is saying, and other times just listening intently. In other words, good listening involves making conscious and obvious efforts to understand and care about what others are saying. HOW TO LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD A 15-year-old girl succinctly describes this idea: "one of the neat things about my mom is that she's never too busy for me to bend her ear when I really need her. She never acts as if what I want to talk to her about is unimportant. And when she listens to me, she really listens. She doesn't go on dusting the furniture or making the bed if I have something really im­ portant to talk about. She just puts down what she is doing and listens to me. She's gre&t that way." START LISTENING EARLY Communication between parent and teen-ager is ex­ tremely difficult if the groundwork for good com­ munication has not been laid during the early years. Sometimes we adults don't listen as well as we should to young children because, after all, what has seven-year-old Gregory or five-year-old Daniel got to say that's so important anyway? What is "important" is a relative matter, and if children learn at an early age that what they consider to be major concerns are treated as minor concerns by their parents, we should not be surprised if they become increasingly less communicatee and more secretive as they get older. IT'S NEVER T8K) LATE Although it is truei that good listening is the antecedent to good communicationVnd that good communication patterns (like bad ones) begin early, it is also true that better com­ munication is always possible. Take heart, therefore; it's never too late to start. v A£ r y > * - HEAP e>\GG&R, J™: EAGI&R-iX, Dear friends, The average person is faced with funeral ar­ rangements only once each 12 to 15 years. Hence, bereavement finds most people inexper­ ienced and unprepared - funeral decisions hastily made often lead to regrets. We hope these 'open letters' will inform our readers about funeral matters so they may be better prepared to handle funeral arrangements wisely. Respectfully, <n . •••('A • PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME M c H e n r y , .Illinois . 385-0063 Questions and * Answers Internal Revenue Sendee PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 jvords or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one individual not wri^e on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) SEX EDUCATION "If your school is con­ templating a Family Living Program or any of the various sex education programs of­ fered to the school, BE IN­ FORMED! There are some ruses employed by ad­ ministrators and school boards to gain acceptance of a program-you may be told, the school will lose state funds if a sex education program is not instituted; another tact, our certification will suffer if we do not have such a program or finally, that the program is 'mandatory'. NONE of these arguments have any basis in fact! Yet, parents who do not thoroughly check out these intimidating declarations with the State Office of Public In­ struction or the County Board of Education, might acquiesce to the program as presented without substantial discussion or amendment if desired. Remember, YOU, as a citizen in the community, have the RIGHT AND DUTY to par­ ticipate in the Dlanning and implementing of the program BEFORE IT IS INSTITUTED! Some over zealous school boards and administrative heads are so eager to initiate a sex program into the curriculum that they open it to public discussion only AFTER it has been approved by the board. Obviously, they have not done their homework because even their eminent superior, Dr. Calderone, emphasizes, 'Make haste slowly'. "Another interesting con­ tradiction you may encounter when you broach the subject of venereal disease as a suitable topic to be incorporated into the Family Living program for the youngsters entering high school, you'll likely be put off and told there really isn't any place for it. No place for a problem which has reached epidemic proportions This column of questions and answers on the President's Stabilization Program is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. Will I get faster action on a complaint of an illegal price increase if I write directly to the Price commission? A. The Price commission refers complaints of alleged price increases to the Internal Revenue Service for in­ vestigation. You will receive quicker action on your com­ plaint by submitting it to your Internal Revenue district of­ fice. In your complaint, be sure to include the name, address and telephone number of the alleged violator; and a description of the alleged violation. Also, attach copies of any necessary documents or exhibits. There are special rules for filing a complaint of an illegal rent increase. For details, see IRS Publication S- 3026, "How to Spot a Rent Violation." It's available free by writing your Internal Revenue district office. throughout the country! Perhaps, the powers that be, concur with Dr. Calderone who openly stated, 'I don't think they (VD) are a part of sex education'. The reasoning behind this can only be a fear of moral or religious references somehow being injected into an amoral course. However, the mere physical presentation of facts concerning VD could prove enlightening and of genuine help to the uninformed young person. Would this be so undesirable? Go to the school board and ask why this subject cannot be incorporated into the program! Concepts rendered by the advocates of sex education express the need for young people getting rid of' 'guilt feelings' They are reluctant to define what 'guilt feelings' they mean. Perhaps, when youngsters misuse or abuse sex, 'guilt feelings' may arise. To curb these feelings so all restraints are removed, what happens to the 'values, goals, and attitudes?' In short, weaken the moral fiber, and deaden the conscience of the young person, and you surely will destroy the 'guilt feelings'! "If a sex education program is the answer to the problems of our youth, then the answer must come from within the home, not the school. Let the school be an aid and repository of information made available to the parents for their edification and education to better inform their children. Let's have a community which i makes an all out effort to educate the adult citizenry to their responsibilities and let­ ting the young people know we are doing all that is humanly possible to understand and inject the beauty and strength of character needed to prepare them for true family life. A sex education program which is focused within your own family unit, with love and un­ derstanding may truly mean life to the family, but the Family Living program, state inspired and school centered, might mean death to the family unit. God is the natural focal point of sex and life for He is its Creator. Schools can't teach this - but you and your church can and must! "Christine Mosier "7715 Beverly Way "Spring Grove" Are You New In McHenry^ Area ? ********** Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! '. ' * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥?¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* • t ' K N O W Y O U R N E W A R E A -- R O Y A L W E L C O M E D O E S I T B E S T - g t * * * * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ^ r CALL JOAN STULL FRAN OLSEN DORIS ANDRES 385-5418 385-5740 385-4518 MYAl WflCOHl Q. I've seen newspaper stories about agreements the IRS has entered into with major food chains on their method Of computing price ncreaves hat does this mean tVrtfie consumer? A. These agreements will make it easier for both the consumer and the IRS to monitor illegal price increases. Various food chains have agreed that they do price grocery items on an item-by- item basis, rather than by category. This means that if the cost to the dealer of a par­ ticular grocery item, e.g., a can of peas, has increased, he may increase the price only of that item to the customer. On the other hand, if a dealer priced on a category basis, as most retailers still do for meats, an increase in the cost of a can of peas or a loaf of bread could be passed along to the consumer as an increase in the price of a can of corn or any other item within that product category. If you believe a food price has been illegally increased, ask the dealer if the cost of that item to him has increased. If it hasn't.or if his answer fails to satisfy you, call the Internal Revenue Service. Q. Our city police department has 50 employees, but the city itself employs more than 200 people. Since the police department has less than 60 employees, is it exempt from pay controls? A. No. The exemption from controls for small government units does not apply to individual units, but to the total number of employees in the governmental unit. The city itself has more than 60 employees. Therefore, the city is not exempt and neither is any separate em­ ployee unit which is part of the city government. For more information, write your In­ ternal Revenue district office for a free copy of IRS Publication S-3036, "Exemp­ tion of Small Government Units.".. Q. Can you help me compute the allowable rent increase I may charge for one of my apartments? The base rent for the unit is $100 and the lease expires on Feb. 1, 1973. Property taxes on the unit have increased by $2 a month. In addition, I had the apart­ ment paneled at a cost of $500. A. You may add the automatic 2.5 percent in­ crement ($2.50), the $2 tax increase, and 1.5 percent of the $500 capital improvement ($7.50) to the base rent of $100. Thus you may increase the monthly rent to $112. p:>ry OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 X. Green Street McHenry (Closed Wednesdc") Eyes examined .. (liases fitted Contact Lense?* llrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t< 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8:'i0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses fitted 1303 X. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.and Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri Eve. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sat.: 9:30 to 3.00 p.m. Xo Hours on Wednesday PHONE 385-4151 If Xo Answer...Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters - Adders Calculators Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 x Friday 'til 9 p.m. PHONE 459-1226 93 Grant St., Cyrstal Lake, 111. 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