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PAGE 16 . PLA1NDEALER FRIDAY, JUNE 11. 1976 Ringwood News 653-9008 653-9262 728-0295 Vacation Church School To Offer Fun In Looming - Hey, kids! Remember Monday starts Vacation church school at the Ringwood church. Sessions start at 9:30 until 11:30 a.m., Monday through Friday. Come and join us for fun, learning and making new friends. If mother has any questions about it, have her call 728-0295. CHURCH PICNIC Hope to see a lot of you at the Ringwood parish picnic this Sunday. Dinner is at 12:30. Bring your own table service, fried chicken for your own family and a dessert or salad to share. Beverage will be fur­ nished. We hope the weather will cooperate so we can have the picnic on the lawn, other­ wise it will be in the church dining room. HERE AND THERE It was beautiful weather for camping last week. The Paul Walkingtons, Alvin Benoys and Clarence Adams, Jr. travelled to Legend Lake Memorial weekend, but some had to return for work. The lucky ones to stay the whole week were Althea and Lee Walkington, Doug Adams, Muriel Benoy with daughters, Lis and Jodie. Recent callers at the Bren- nan-Hepburn home were Mrs. Merv Huff and daughters from Richmond and the Russell Soddys from Kenosha. Sunday afternoon, Art Jensen and Mrs. Hepburn called on the John Blackman family. ATTEND DEKALB CONFERENCE Richard and Phyllis Zell spent Sunday at the DeKalb, Northern Illinois conference. They took A1 Null and Art Lau with them and these two young fellows stayed for the activities and programs for all week. Rev. Segin was also in at­ tendance, as were a few of our past ministers. Also heard that Marie DeGreef was there, too. The beautiful and inspiring program on Sunday consisted of choirs from several churches and groups singing and a very good sermon was given by Bishop Washburn. ABOUT TOWN A family gathering and picnic was held in the yard of Charles Ackerman on Sunday eve with the Len Ackerman family; the Ken Beck family; Bonny Petska and two boys, Charles Chuckie, Richard Robinett of Florida and Vince Schavoni of McHenry. In all there wpre twenty-seven to consume brats, hot-dogs, beans etc. Ila Hogan has arrived home from a visit with daughter Mary Sonnemaker and family who lives in England. Word has it that she spent some time just plain relaxing and reading, which she hasn't had time to do at home. Travel-log to follow. BICENTENNIAL QUILT DISPLAY The Richmond Women's club will sponsor a Bicentennial quilt and comforter exhibit on June 19,10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Social Hall at the Com­ munity church of Richmond. I'm sure we will all find many quilts and comforters of interest to us as we in the area will probably know several of the people that these quilts were made by. Tea andqookieswill be served and a small donation will be asked at the door. BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday to Mary Spencer on June 14 and to Jody Mough on the sixteenth of June. June 17 is that special day for Vivian Jackson and June 18, Harold Bell, Jr. Happy bir­ thday to Robert A. Decker on June 19 and to Martha Betts and Ben Jacobs on June 20. We do hope you folks all have many more happy birthdays. THINGS TO REMEMBER Sunday, June 13 - Church Services - Ringwood church - 9:15 a.m. Sunday, June 13 - Ringwood Church Picnic - Ringwood church grounds - 12:30 p.m. Vacation Church School - June 14 through June 18 - 9:30 • 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 16 - Ad­ ministrative Board - Ringwood church - 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19 - Bicen­ tennial quilt display - Social hall in Richmond - 10:30 til 4 p.m. Saturday Night, July 17 - Under the tent - Program at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 18 • -Ringwood Church Annual Chicken Bar- beque. Happiness is - be friendly. Skorberg's Greatest Value Event of 1976 BACK BY DEMAND-NOW GOING ON!! M-H Sr Hf 3 PC. 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John had seen a newspaper ad offering the part-time distributorship, which involved no selling. He had telephoned and was told details of the opportunity could only be given in person. John met the com­ pany representative the next day at a local motel. He was told he could earn between $15,000 and $25,000 per year by distributing quality candies to predetermined retail locations throughout his "exclusive" area. He was given names of three other "successful distributors" as references and was told he could call the Better Business Bureau. But he was urged to act quickly before other interested people snap­ ped up all the available distributorships. Payment must be made, it was added, by certified check. Enroute to his bank for the certified check, John called the Better Business Bureau found it had no complaints against the company. He also called one of the references listed and was given a glowing report. John returned to the motel and gave the company representative his certified check for $8,000 for a part-time quality candy distributorship. He was told he would receive information and materials from the company soon. John Doe drove off in his Volkswagon to tell his family about his sure investment, waving to the company man who drove off in his white Cadillac Eldorado... As we join John this week, he has just received a letter welcoming him to the com­ pany. It came with a "sample" box of the quality candy he would be distributing. John and his family decided the candy tasted pretty good. It should have. It cost them $8,000. For that was all John Doe ever received from "his company." The letter that came with the candy also said John would be receiving a full shipment of candy along with a list of locations where it was to be distributed "within a few weeks." John waited. And he waited. And he waited. He tried to telphone the company. No phone number was listed on his "contract" or on the letterhead. But he tried the original number he had gotten from the newspaper. It was only an answering service. "We don't handle that client any longer," he was told. He tried calling the three "successful distributors" he had been given as references. Telephone disconnected. On each. He wrote. And he wrote. And he wrote. Finally the letters were returned, stamped "Addressee Unknown."' He called the Better-Business Bureau. Yes, John was told, there were several complaints against the company. "But", sputtered John, "that's not what I was told earlier." "We didn't have the complaints earlier," came the reply. What happened to John doe? He was the victim of a white collar crime. And so, likely, were all the other people who complained to the Better Business Bureau. There is no sure-fire way to guard against white collar crime. What you have just read is an example of one type of white collar crime. It alone has many variations. And there are many other forms of white collar crime. But let's look at least at some danger signals.. .some things that happened to John Doe that may well imply an impending fraud situation: 1. The telephone number turns out to be an answering service. 2. When the return call does come, John is told that no details can be given over Hie telephone. (It usually is more difficult to resist a "pressure" operator in personal contact.) 3. The company has no office locally. The meeting occurs in a motel (or often in the prospective investor's own home). 4. The projected yearly earnings are phenomenal for the small amount of work in­ volved. 5. The Better Business Bureau has no complaints at first because the "company" is new to the area. People haven't been swindled yet. (Don't confuse "no Better Business Bureau complaints" with a "stamp of approval." The B.B.B. gives no stamp of ap­ proval. 6. The three "successful distributor" references given were merely accomplices of the con man, stationed by various t e m p o r a r i l y i n s t a l l e d telephones. 7. The fact that the company representative was reluctant for John Doe to take the "contract" to an attorney for closer scrutiny. 8. The mention that numbers of others also were interested in grabbing the few available distributorships. The urge to "act now" before you're left out. 9. The need for a certified check. 10. The company man's fine clothing, leather briefcase, diamond pinky ring and white Cadillac Eldorado... A bit much when all put together. The sad thing is that even if criminal prosecutors are able to indict and convict the con man and his accomplices, the chances of John Doe getting his money back are almost zero. Unscrupulous promotors generally have no tangible assets to be reached. If you're consideqpig making an investment, and any two or three of the above points are present, take a deep breath and stop to think: Would you be safer, perhaps, making a bank- b a c k e d i n v e s t m e n t . . . o r checking with an attorney who specializes in the type of in­ vestment contract you're about to sign? (An attorney whose reputation is known locally, not one recommended by the company man!) LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT LOW COST A U T O I N S U R A N C E i \ i GIVE ME A CALL FOR THE FACTS ON LOW COST HEALTH INSURANCE I D LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON LOW-COST HOME­ OWNERS INSURANCE. I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FACTS ON LOW-COST L IFE INSURANCE Call me for Details AMERICAN FAMILY I N S U R A N C E V AUTO HOME HEALTH UFE t American Family Mutual Insurance Co. Madison, Wisconsin 53701 CHUCK LEWAND0WSKI 1108 VIOLET ST. McHENKY, ILL Phone: 385-2304 Keepin'. Healthy by Mary Richards Did you know that many children who are considered slow learners may simply be suffering hearing problems? This occurs more often than most people may think. Once | the hearing problem has been identified and corrected, however, teachers and parents discover the child is not"slow" or "stupid"...he wasn't lear­ ning because he couldn't hear well. Hearing problems very often cannot be detected by parents or teachers. Children often are not aware of the fact that they have hearing problems. To parents and teachers it may seem the child is not paying attention, is not interested or cannot learn or remember what he is told. But, many children do have hearing defects...and 80 per­ cent of these defects can be corrected if found early. For these reasons, the Illinois Department of Public Health coordinates an ongoing hearing screening program which reaches more than a million children each year. Last year, 1,380,519 Illinois children were s c r e e n e d . . . 1 0 6 , 9 5 8 p r e ­ schoolers and 1,273,561 school- age children. More than 27,000 of these children were found to have hearing defects that required professional treat­ ment. The hearing screenings are administered through city and county health departments, through schools (both public and non-public) or directly by state health department per­ sonnel. One of the most important parts of the screening program is to assure that those who conduct the screenings are qualified to do so. In order to assure an adequate number of qualified technicians, the Illinois Department of Public Health conducts regular audiometry training courses for those involved in hearing s c r e e n i n g p r o g r a m s . Technicians and nurses are taught not only how to use and maintain the testing equip­ ment, but also subjects such as basic anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism, the medical and educational management of persons with impaired hearing and philosophy of hearing con­ servation. Each person who suc­ cessfully completes the course is issued a certificate that is valid for three years. Before the certificate expires, the technician must successfully complete a re-certification workshop to have his cer­ tificate renewed for another three years. Currently there are nearly 2,000 certified individuals conducting hearing screenings throughout Illinois. Through the state's hearing screening program, many children will be spared from the learning problems and other lifetime difficulties associated with impaired hearing. 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