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HITTING FROM THE OUTSIDE-Terry Ttellly backets this shot during the second period of the Crown game last Friday. Reilly scored 22 points as the Warriors rolled over Crown 7M1 for their 21st victory. The Warriors ended the season with a 71 points per game average while holding their opponents to a 58 per game average. (STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD) • • • • • • « Keepin' Healthy by Mary Richards In many Illinois families this year, children and grand­ children of elderly persons will face the difficult task of deciding to put "Mom" or "Dad" in a nursing home. Difficult as this decision is, once.it is made many families will discover that finding the right nursing home is no simple task. If, families had time to in­ vestigate, chances are they could make a pretty good choice of the kind of facility they need and can afford. Unfortunately, the selection of a nursing home usually takes place in a crisis atmosphere when there's not much waiting time between the moment the need arises and the moment a decision has to be made. The Illinois Department of Publio Health has a few guidelines you can follow if you are faced with the problem of finding' a good, not-too- expensive place for an elederly parent or other relative. Basically, there are three types of facilities that care for the elderly, and your first step is to decide which you need...one with skilled nursing facilities, one which provides intermediate care, or one with what is called sheltered care. In a skilled nursing facility, continuous 24-hour nursing service is provided for con­ valescent or chronically ill patients. The emphasis is on medical nursing care and restorative physical and oc­ cupational therapy, and the like. Intermediate care facilities provide a comparatively lower level of nursing care for per­ sons not capable of fully in­ dependent living. In a sheltered care facility, the emphasis is on main­ tenance and personal care. Each nursing home has a written policy which describes the type ot resident the facility is geared to handle. So, before you make a definite decision, ask to see the policy of the facility you are considering. These written policies are available to the public. To assemble the names of nursing homes in your area, check with your local health department, your area agency on aging, nursing home associations or the yellow pages of your telephone directory. While you are doing that, you might also collect recommendations about various places from doctors, friends, clergymen and so on, because, of their involvement. Before you give serious consideration to any particular facility, you will need some basic information. For in­ stance, is it the type you want- skilled nursing, intermediate care or sheltered care? Does it have room? Does it have a current state license (this is required by state law)? Is it approved for medicare, medicaid, VA benefits? This is also the time to find out about charges and entrance requirements. Be sure to get cost information on services that may not be included in the basic daily charge...assistance in eating and bathing, personal laundry, haircuts, shampoos, etc. Also, do not consider any home you cannot check out with a personal visit, talking to administrators, staff members and patients. Signs to look for during a personal visit include: 1. Patients generally appear ORNAMENTAL IRON Railing-Columns Custom Fabricating Welding & Structural Frozen Pipe Thawing STEEL SALES ADAMS BROS. (Next to Gem Cleaners) 3006 W. Rte. 120 Phone: / McHenry 385-0783 ! V.A. NEWS I EDITOR'S NOTE: Following are representative questions answered daily by VA coun­ selors. Full information is available at any VA office. Q - May a veteran be enrolled for a fractional part of a semester, term or quarter under the Gt Bill? A - A certified period of enrollment may not be in­ terrupted for the purpose of conserving entitlement. Nor may/ a period of enrollment be certified for a fractional part of the normal term, quarter or semester if the veteran is ac­ tually enrolled for that period. a - I am a 66-year-old honorably discharged World License Ntctlsory v For Ybung People In Soiling Work The approach of warmer weather will mean increasing numbers of small people going door to door selling cookies, candy, and whatever. For such organizations as scouting, religious, school groups, and other non-profit institutions, having a good cause is enough - provided the door-to-door salesman or a member of his or her family belongs. But for profit-making operations, an Illinois license is required. Under the Street Trades act as passed by the legislature in 1975, any organization which employs persons aged 14 to 16 to sell goods door-to-door for a profit must first obtain a license, which costs $50, from the Illinois Department of Labor. The license specifies that no yoyngsters under the age of 14 may do such work. Further, the young people may not work after 7 p.m., except from June 1 through Labor day, when they may work until 9 P*n, Details are available from the Office of Labor Law En­ forcement, Illinois Department of Labor, Room 1855, 910 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111., 60605. alert, clean and active; 2. Patients wear their own clothing, and bedrooms contain personal belongings; 3. Patients communicate freely...by letter, telephone, in conversation; 4. Patients are encouraged, for therapeutic reasons, to do some of their own laundry, tidy up their rooms and participate in other activities; 5. Visiting rules are generous and seem convenient for patients and visitors; and 6. Community volunteers are present and involved in ac­ tivities with the patients. Remember that your in­ volvement does not end with the selection of a nursing home. Frequent visits from friends and relatives are vital to the health and welfare of a patient. If you want information concerning the licensure and certification of nursing homes in Illinois, contact your local health department, or write to: Illinois Department of Public Health, Office of Health Facilities and Quality of Care, 525 West Jefferson, Springfield, IL., 62761. War II veteran. Am I eligible for a VA pension? A - World War II veterans have the same basic pension eligibility as veterans of any other war who have reached age 65. At that age it is not necessary to establish a disability to be eligible for pension benefits provided the veteran meets other requirements such as, length of service, type of discharge, amounts of income and sice of estate. Q - I wear a back brace as the result of an injury while in the service. Am I entitled to additional compensation because of wear and tear of my clothing? A - If the VA determines that this appliance tends to wear out or tear the clothing you will qualify for an annual clothing allowance of $175. EDITORS NOTE: Following are representative questions answered daily by VA coun­ selors. Full information is available at any VA office. Q -- How much time do I have after separation from aotive duty to apply for VA dental treatment? A - A veteran has one year from the date of separation to apply for one-time dental treatment unless he has a service-connected dental disability. Q - How do I get a VA check replaced that was accidentally destroyed? A - Obtain from your VA regional office a letter showing date of issue, check number, etc., and forward it to the Treasury explaining the cir­ cumstances. Q - What is the maximum loan amount on a VA con­ ventional home loan? A - There is no maximum loan amount established by the VA on a conventional home loan; however, the maximum guarantee to the lender cannot exceed 60 per cent of the loan value up to $17,500. Q -1 served on active duty in the armed forces from 1942 until 1946. Am I still eligible to use my GI home loan? A - Yes. The previous ex­ piration date for World War II veterans, with basic eligibility, has been removed. AT THE BEACH...Lovely Joy Cobb of Daytona Beach, Florida enjoys the sun at Daytona Beach. The wide expanse of sand provides plenty of room for visitors to build sand castles, enjoy the surf, fly a kite or, like Joy, a model airplane. JACKSON ASPHALT PAVING ORDER EARLY Wa DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS BEAT THE ^LACKTOP SEALING SPRINGTIME RUSH REPAIR CALL ANYTIME ^ WRR Woodstock • 1-338-4739 house of Quautl^ LOSSMANN'S MEATS FISH »» DELI 5000 W. Rt. 120 McHenry, III. 385-3401 9-7:30 Mon.-Sat. 9-5:30 Sun. a************************* AAA**** ^ Fish Market Opening Thursday March 4! CANADIAN BACON *9* 6 LB. BOX APPR0X. 100 SLICES INTERLINED STEAK OF THE WEEK ^.Top Choice Prime Cut Porterhouse LB. f2 70 Caro Lobol May Extondod To Loafhor Apportf Care labels may soon be required for leather and suede clothing, household furniture, yarn, and piece goods, reports Nancy Moore. University of Illinois Extension adviser In response to consumer requests, the Federal Trade commission has issued a proposed new care label rule which: -expands the 1971 rule to cover, among other things, household furnishings and leather and suede wearing apparel. -requires that labels give consumers clearer and more complete care instructions -provides a uniform glossary of terms to be used in care instructions Handwear, headwear. footwear, so-called "decorative items," fabric remnants, and thread are still excluded in the proposed rule, Mrs Moore reports Most of these proposed changes were requested by consumers responding to the PTC request in April. 1974, for comments on the 1971 rule IH some 9.000 comments. percent noted that instructions are often inaccurate and 79 percent said the care in­ formation was vague or in­ complete "Low labeling "•* giving unnecessarily cautious instructions «as also a frequent problem, according to the consumer responses The new rule would include care instructions for drying and. when appropriate, for PAGE 7 • PI-XINDKALKR bleaching and ironing Articles which could be either washed or dry cleaned would be so identified on the care label The original ruling required only washing or dry cleaning in­ struction* The use of only symbols would be prohibited, to fulfill the rule's requirements, symbols would be allowed onl> in addition to words Eighty-one percent of the respondents complained that WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3, |f7S coarse or abrasive labels irritate the skin The proposed new FTC rule relaxes the requirement that permanent * care labels must be readily accessible to the user. I nder the new rule, coarse or abrasive labels may be placed - in an inaccessible location if duplicate instructions are printed or displayed on the outside of the garment when it is sold al retail. Mrs Moore concludes Sailer Hole The doughnut was invented by a Maine sea captain The hole enabled sailors to slide it onto the spokes of a ship's wheel so they could eat and steer the ship at the same time. FINGERS RESTORED... "I thought they were gone for sure" comments Martha Carpenter as she displays four restored fingers on left hand at the Ralph K. Davies Medical Center, San Fran­ cisco. All four fingers of the hand were severed when she tried to clear a Jam in a plastic cookie mold punch press. Her foreman put the fingers in ice and she was rushed to the hospital where a microsurgical team spent 14 hours sewing together nerve and blood vessels and suturing bones and tendons. The surgery is considered a success. Cold Weather Conclusions I If you can afford to escape the coldest temperatures this area records each year, you may want to book your reservations now for all future Januaries. Just don't confirm them until there's snow on the ground, s relatively clear sky abov e and the wind is from the west or north Chances are highest then that the next night will be one of about u sub-zero readings for the year. The suggestion is based on s report by Tom Magnuson, a Northern Illinois university meteorology student who has made k detailed analysis of data collected by the National Weather Service at Rockford between the winters of 1966-57 and 1973-74. A 20-year-old Junior from Rockford, Magnuson says the conclusions he's arrived at likely would apply generally to most of northern Illinois, ranging from the Quad Cities to outlying parts of Chicago, and to portions of eastern lows snd southern Wisconsin. He made the study as part of requirements for an NIU course in Synoptic Meteorology, which dea to with data analysis for the purpose of forecasting. Dr. Alan L Cole, who teaches the course, found the study so well done snd of such widespread interest, he suggested sharing the results with the general* public. Though temperatures in the region occasionally drop below zero in November and March, Magnuson concentrated his efforts on temperature records for winter's coldest months, December, January and February. Besides studying temperstures for each noon-to-noon 24-hour period. Magnuson looked st the number of sub-zero nights in s row, figured the odds for series of frigid nights, checked wind directions the nights before and during zero readings snd also considered snow and cloud covers For the 18-year period, he found a total of 246 below-zero nights (roughly eight months,,, equivalent), with the coldest both 22 degrees below zero on Jan. 22, 1963 and Jan. 20, 1170 Thejr compare with Rockford's all-time recorded low of minus 26 on Feb. i, 1933 and Illinois' sll-time recorded low, minus 35 at Mt. Carroll on Jan. 22,1930 Of the total coldest nights, Magnuson found about 21 per cent occurred in December. 56 per cent in January and 23 per cent in February. Average nights below zero were 2.9 for Decembers. 7.7 for Januaries and 3.1 for Februaries. In general, he points out, you could figure one out of every ten nights in December and February going below zero and one out of four in January Overall, one of every seven nights during the three months are statistically likely to have below-zero readings Magnuson also found the 16-year average sub-zero January reading at Rockford was minus 3 1, compared with minus eight for December, minus 6 4 for February and minus 7 J for the three-monttp composite. "The not-so-obvious conclusion is that while the below-zero nights in December and January are comparable in the Intensity of cold, there are more of the January below-zero nights and, therefore, January is the coldest month of two overall," Magnuaon says. Magnuson slso found that, as suspected, below-zero nights generally were colder with snow cover, nearly 90 per cent occurring when there was snow on the ground. Of 114 periods of sub-zero nights In the 18years, ranging from one-night occurrences to a string of eleven consecutive below-zero nights in January, 1963, Just about half, 49.2 per cent, were single-night occurrences. A quarter, 25.2 per cent, ran two nights; 9.7 per cent lasted three nights; 5.2 per cent. four; and 6.2 per cent extended to five nlghta. Averages for series of sub-zero nights figure out to2 56 for January and 2.06 overall, he found. In longer series, Magnuson noted that usually the coldest night to the third in a series in December, the third or fifth in January and the second in February. "In general, the longer a series continues, the greater the chances are that it will continue to persist," he points out Winds during the sub-zero spells usually are from the northwest or north though surprisingly often from the south also on the nights before sub-zero reading. They come mainly from the < northwest or south on the first sub-i west, PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU MARCH 7 FASHIONED Skinless Treasure Treasure -zero night, he found. The greater the cloud cover, the higher the nighttime temperatures, the study indicates. Since 1962, Magnuson found the sub-zero readings seem to hrfve leveled off, with no extreme years though a low occurrence of sub-zero temperatures in recent years indicates a likelihood of more sub­ zero spells in the next few years. Magnuson's 21-page report, which includes numerous charts and graphs, eventually may be used for an area forecast study. 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