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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 4 Dec 1974, p. 17

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SECTION 2-PAGE 2-PLAINDEALER - WED. DEC., 4, 1974 Late Registrations Are Accepted For YMCA The Lake Region YMCA has begun its ten week mid- November program. However, late registrations for activities with space for more registrants will be accepted through Saturday, Dec. 7, providing the registrant can attend a class by then. At this time there is space for pre-school children in the 6 to 12 month, Monday and Friday mornings for swim instruction classes, for 1 to 3-year-olds in the Monday, Thursday or Friday morning swim in­ struction classes and for 4 to 6- year-olds in the Monday or Friday morning or Monday afternoon gym and swim classes. Some space also remains in the Saturday morning 6-year-old swim in­ struction class. Grade school boys and girls may continue to register for beginners' swim instruction at 4:15 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and Saturday at 11, 1:30 or 2:15. Many of the deep water in­ struction classes are available, too. Other available activities include boys"' and girls' swim team, wrestling, skin diving and bowling. Boys' swim team on Wed­ nesday and Friday is at 6 p.m., girls' swim team on Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m., wrestling for boys at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, skin diving at 6 p,'m. on Monday, bowling at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and judo on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. > High school students and adults activities with space for more include skin diving Mondays at 6 p.m., judo on Saturdays at 11:50 a.m., beginning swimming Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday at 10 a.m. and 8:45 p.m., deep water swimming Tuesday, Wed­ nesday or Thursday at 10:45 a.m., or 8 p.m., woman's exercise Tuesday at 9:15 or 10 a.m.. men's exercise Tuesday or Thursday at 10:30 a.m. or Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., aqua- natics al 9:15 a.m. or Tuesday or Wednesday or at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, belly dancing for beginners Thursdays at 9 p.m. or Fridays at 9 a.m., beginning yoga at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday and continuing yoga at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday or 10:15 a.m. Wed­ nesday or 1:15 p.m. Wed­ nesday. For complete information go to the Lake Region YMCA on the west side of Route 31, a quarter mile south of Route 14 on week days between 9 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., Saturday until 5 p.m. or Sunday from 2 to 5. u.5' ..„«««*« «• u. r--' A tout CC® This column of questions -and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local oflfre of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Q. I formed a partnership with two other people this summer to paint houses for a living. How do we report our earnings to the IRS? A. Partnerships pay no in­ come tax, but they must sub­ mit an information return us­ ing Form 1065, U.S. Partner­ ship Return of Income, show­ ing the results of the partner- Q. Are any of the campaign expenses of those running for our city council or the state legislature tax deductible? A. No. Campaign expenses of a candidate for any office are not deductible. Registra­ tion fees for primary elections are also non-deductible, even for incumbents seeking to re­ main in office. Abbreviated Census Form To Small Forms MORMONS' CLASS How can conflict in the home between family members be eliminated? How important is love in the home? Dean Maiben discusses these and other topics every Sunday morning in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 10:30 Sunday School. When he is not teaching families how to be better families he is the village manager of Barrington. FREE DELIVERY ON ALL OFFICE SUPPLIES A short version of the 1974 Census of Agriculture questionnaire has been developed for operators of small farms, according to Jimmie D. Lucas, McHenry county executive director. The enterprises in McHenry county should receive the farm census form by late December or early January. In order to avoid undue burden on small farmers and to reduce the cost of processing the data, a short version of the census form has been developed, as was done for the last Census of Agriculture five years ago. The form includes all of the major items on crops, land use, livestock and poultry, farm equipment, expenditures and income. Some details in each of these areas have been omitted this year. The short form will be mailed to those who had both receipts and expenses of less than $2,000 in 1973. Nation-wide, over one million units are expected to be in this category. All other farm operators will receive the standard farm census form, Lucas said. "Whether a farmer has to fill in the short version or the standard form, he will be able to turn to the county ASCS office for help if he has any questions about the 1974 Census of Agriculture," Mr. Lucas said. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cooperating with the Bureau of Census in in­ forming farmers and ranchers about the census. By the time McHenry county farmers have their census questionnaires, the county ASCS office will have a reference booklet and other information for use in an­ swering questions." Thought That Counts That son of mine is something else. He gave me a really won­ derful card for Christmas. It took him months to make it 'cause it reads HAPPY FATH­ ER'S DAY. 'E STOCK A COMPLETE SELECTION OF: "OFFICE FURNITURE 'F IL ING SUPPLIES "OFFICE MACHINES "LOOSE LEAF EQUIPMENT BOOKKEEPING RECORDS "WRITING INSTRUMENTS DRAFTING SUPPLIES BUSINESS DISCOUNTS OFFERED P.O. KNUTH Co. 228 MAIN ST. WOODSTOCK, ILL . \ ! I l l \ l \ ) ( O l \ I ) S / I R ( , I S I coons i \n oil ni si rri) s una 11ll<I / DISI'I 1 ) I I OOKS 815-338-3535 &E\I SUPERMAN! HENRY CANY FIXIN& WAUCONDA NATIONAL BANK BRINGS YOU ...and just in time for Christmas! Choice 01 CUUnii'i Animal Laity Or Crystal And Silver Salad BmII! FOR OPENING A NEW *500* CHECKING ACCOUNT Or Opening or Adding S500 to an Existing Savings Account ( LIMIT 1 LAMP OR SALAD BOWL PER ACCOUNT ) Winning Care4 Design ship's operations for its tax year. As a partner, you must include as income on the Sup­ plemental Income Schedule (Schedule E) of Form 1040 (U.S. Individual Income Tax Return) your distributive share, based on your partner­ ship agreement, of earnings, gains, and losses. You have to report these items whether or not they have been distributed to you. Detailed information on partnership income is available in the IRS free Publication 511, "Tax Information on Partnership Income and Loss- Q. I had a casualty loss recently when a thunderstorm caused a tree to fall on the roof of my garage at home. I know the damage to the garage is deductible but what about loss of the tree? , A. If ornamental trees and shrubs on residential property are damaged or destroyed by a casualty, you may have a deductible loss subject to the $100 limitation on personal casualty loss deductions. To deduct this loss, you must es­ tablish that there has been a decrease in the total value of your real estate. When you have the damage appraised, re­ member that the fee you pay for establishing the amount of the loss is tax deductible also. tji * ^ M * Also available for opening a new $200 checking account or opening or adding $200 to an existing savings account at a cost of $5.00 each for children's lamp or crystal ai>d silver salad bowl. No limit to number of purchases during this special offer. OFFER NOT APPLICABLE TO TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS COME IN TODAY-WHILE SUPPLY LASTS iff* > |(S" ;• vi t , WAUCOnDA nAZiOIIAL BAIK Main Bank 118 S. Main Street Drive-In Bank: 385 Liberty Street .Wauconda Louise Anderson was recently announced the winner of the annual MCC official Christmas card contest by Dr. James Davis, president. Pictured above with the winning entry are. left to right, Ossie Rometo, Art instructor for the class in which Mrs. Anderson is enrolled; Joe Rybacek, Art Divisional chairman; Mrs. Anderson, and Dr. James Davis. Louise Anderson of Marengo, with no previous training in Art, signed up for a Drawing and Composition class at McHenry County college this fall. After thirteen weeks of classes she was announced the winner of the annual contest for designing the official MCC Christmas card. The card will be reproduced by a professional printer and sent to 1,600 homes across the state of Illinois. Mrs. Anderson, who is the mother of five children ranging in ages 15 to 21, became in­ terested in art through her daughter, April, who is an art major at MCC. April won a merit award at the Cary Art Guild show the same week her mother won the Christmas card contest. Five years ago Mrs. An­ derson and her husband decided to build a two-story, 8- room house themselves. So carpenter tools are as familiar to her as art materials. Last year Mrs. Anderson started a hobby of painting rocks, slate, old wood - whatever - and started selling her creative work at flea markets and fairs around the county. With the proceeds she bought a carpet for the home she helped build. Deciding she needed a few more fundamentals in art to develop her hobby, she became a student at MCC. To quote Mrs. Anderson, "I am so amazed at how much I have learned that I plan on taking as many art courses as I can possibly fit into my schedule." Her schedule is very full. In addition to her family, putting finishing touches on her home, flea markets, Mrs. Anderson has eleven cats, two dogs and grows and cans all her own vegetables. FROM THE FARM (by George J. Young, county Extension advisor). Pork producers frequently ask questions about how much of the retail pork dollar is returned to them. Figures taken from the USDA publication, "Livestock Market News, Weekly Summary and Statistics," indicate that for the nineteen-month period of January, 1973, through July, 1974, live hog values on the average nationally made up 52.2 percent of *he value of pork at retail. However, the range of variation is tremendous. T£e high was 65 cents of the con­ sumer dollar in July of 1973; the low was 39.3 cents in May of 1974. While in St. Louis recently when I attended the Agriculture Finance workshop, I toured Swifts' hog slaughter operation in National City. They handle about 4,500 hogs a day. Their manager pointed out with pride that their operation only added approximately $2.85 cost per hundred live weight compared to the range of $3.10 to $3.50 for other slaughtering plants. Like individual farms, slaughtering houses have different efficiencies. Congratulations to Chuck Weingart, McHenry, and William P. Jensen, Harvard, for completing ten years, and to John Huff, Harvard, and Alan Swanson, Woodstock, for completing twenty years as volunteer crop reporters with the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. The Crop Reporting Service will be conducting a special survey of about 720 Illinois farmers beginning in early December. Several McHenry county farmers will be in­ terviewed. The enumerator will be asking questions on livestock numbers and acreage seeded to winter wheat and rye. He will carry a card identifying him as an employee of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. High lysine cfcrn is used by some McHenry county hog producers. When feeding lysine corn, however, it should be analyzed to assure you of its available lysine content. A commercial laboratory has offered to analyze McHenry county farmers' 1974 crop, at no charge. Normally, there is a cost of $10. Call me at the Extension office for details. Mailing list update: I mailed a questionnaire this week to all farmers on the ASCS list ex­ plaining what newsletters and subject matter mailings are available from our office and dfrectly from the Urbana campus of the University. From the returns of this questionnaire we will update our mailing lists. Our goal is to send meeting announcements and specific subject matter information directly to in­ terested persons. Call our office if you did not get a list of newsletters available and want to review it. >Ve will be happy to send a copy to you. Pesticide label changes: The suspension of the manufacture of aldvin and dieldvin as directed by the administrator of the U.S. EPA has been upheld. No further manufac­ ture of aldvin or dieldvin for domestic agriculture purposes is permitted at this time. Existing supplies can be used and sold. The manufacture, sale, and use of these in­ secticides is still legal for non- agricultural purposes. Heptachlan and chlordane are still legal to use. However, as most of you know, the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension service and the Illinois Natural History survey advise against their use; also against the use of aldvin, dieldvin, endvin, and lindane for agricultural pur­ poses. Viscounts Big Haul The U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue collected $68.5 billions worth of taxes in 1952 By Bob Wiles and Sandra Betancourt The Viscounts are grateful to Pat Owen of the World War I vets for asking our color guard to post and retrieve the colors at the Veterans day ceremonies. Things are moving along well with our winter program. The horns and drums are progressing nicely and we expect a very good competitive season. John Schultz had his color guard working hard to be ready Nov. 30 for the first Color Guard show in Des Plaines. Some of the fund raising events coming up include a fashion show Dec. 5. Rumors are flying all over the corps as to who will be winning the awards this year at our annual banquet on Dec. 14. But this is the only secret our staff has always been able to keep, so the corps will have to wait and see who the lucky ones will be. The parent group met recently with the usual business of bills and trying to figure out ways and means of paying them. We would like to invite any interested people to attend The Booster meetings that are held the first Monday of every month. We would like to express our sympathies to Mrs. Anne Kane on the passing of her husband. Mr. Kane was a big supporter of the drum corps^and audited our books for many years. This fine gentleman will be always remembered by The Viscounts. This week's "Viscount of the Week" is Chuck Adams. Chuck plays one of our bass drums. He has been with us for two years. Chuck is a quiet fellow and maybe that is why he likes to make so much noise on that bass drum. j - .. * Are You New In McHenry Area ? li * •***•••••• Do You Know Someone new? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME 10 EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! ! ! ! ! Editor's Quote Book There is a great man who makes every man feel small . But the real ly great man is the man who makes every man feel great . -- Chinese Proverb CALL JOAN STULL DORIS ANDREAS 385-:>418 385-4518 TV ?r. % AH Deposits Insured to $40,000 by F.D.I.C. Nov. 27, 1974 •ry J % C* % HOI wntmi KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST LIVESTOCK BUYERS Can you qualify to buy cattle, hogs and sheep? Do you have a farm background and enjoy working with livestock? Livestock Buyers make a good living . . . have a secure future . . . and enjoy what they're doing! If you have a sincere in­ terest in becoming a Livestock Buyer, write today with your personal background. Include: name, age, address & phone number. A personal interview will be arranged in your area. AMERICAN CATTLE CO. I75 W. Jackson Blvd. -- 614 Chicago, Illinois 60604 > ~JSL

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