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SlfWftON 2 - PAGE 6 - PLA1NDEALER-WEDNESPAY. AUGUST EDITORIALS Politician In Making A disturbing trend in recent years is that of politicians to go for image-making rather thjgfa substance in election campaigns. An officiaLof the advertising agency which ran Jimmy Carter's sucqnaful primary campaign recently indicated that emphasis in a breakdown of how funds were spent: 4 or 5 per cent for newspaper ads, 15 on radio and the rest for te?evision. newspapers are the only media source of indepth coverage of etfididates and the only potential source of permanence and substance in political advertising, this is disturbing. A few years ago completeness, a full discussion of the issues and a dmpiete summary of the candidates' records, in black and white, were prerequisites for candidates. These printed advertisements, easily checked, were studied long and seriously. Today the television grin, a good-guy image, the total personality as created by all the tricks and gimmicKs of color, action and camera, dominate political advertising (for image- making). Substance is too much sacrificed to easy, colorful indoctrination via the tube. It is a disturbing trend. VShirking Citizenship WW w • IWcans are often inclined to learn their history and add to $»owledge (or misinformation) through novels, films and "" olumnists who explain everything, including U.S. history, ked. Mbooks, by respected authorities, are rarely sought by most s! V(e listen to those completely unqualified to discuss various issues and questions, gain a semblance of historical background fn)m"s'ex novels, ask gossip and advice colunists to expound on serious issues and questions and get a vague, manipulated idea of U.^.,history through television. Accurate knowledge cannot be gained so loosely, so effortlessly. Rather, the individual who puts his mind in the hands of unqualified and specially-motivated sources will never be fully inrorrffed on either past history or the issues of the day. He will bdievl what propagandists want him to believe--which is, in effect, a shirking of the responsibility of citizenship--so vital to the sucelssful functioning of democracy. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. ertqtn; , Weekly Market Review To tell it like it is in as few words as possible, recent stock market action has gone from boring to depressing. Perhaps it is the fact that after six long months, this churning, neutralized market has finally succeeded in wearing us all out (let's hope so, as that's about the time the tone will improve). More likely, however, it is the frustration of seeing so many fundamentally sound stocks and upbeat economic developments totally ignored by the investment community. And to compound the agony, it is a split personality market which ignores the positives but magnifies the negatives and the uncertainties - for verification, ask owners of National Semiconductor, Eastman Kodak, Dow Chemical, and many other unfortunates. The big picture continues to be, in our opinion, that we have the fundamentals but we do not have the market. Investors just are not interested in buying stocks aggressively at this time but neither are the sellers that are anxious to get out. As shown last week, rally attempts have been unable to pick up a following but failures also are tame. Both traders and investors must assume that this neutral market will continue and both its duration and the cause of the inevitable breakout are unpredictable. History has shown that most Bull markets do not end during periods of nervousness, minimal confidence, and lengthy dullness in the stock market. We thus remain a buyer of selected issues. One key to potential market leaders is how a stock is acting now. Relatively good market action during a generally weak or dull market indicates a company in which the buyers are willing to nibble and sellers are not anxious. In a stronger market, the buyers will become more aggressive - they are already showing their interest ~ and the sellers will become greedier in their price objectives. Purchase of "good actors" which also offer prospects of superior earnings prospects reduces the downside risk and provides upside prospects due to rising earnings even if price- earnings multiples stay flat. Values are available . . it remains a time to invest both money and patience, two of the ingredients the stock market almost always requires. 18,1976 or gravel pits where it was left boulders and pebbles, or, "outwash," the layered sediments you often see in sand npA IDl tiCllJCo el-™from meUing MJk I W\ I I Deposits left by the glaciers * I M mi • llfelMll m in most of Illinois were overlaid a -- -- -- a | | | | f | b y a fine-grained mixture of ^ wind-driven silt and clay known a s "loess." This loamy deposit . runs several feet deep across TYPICAL GEOLOGICAL FORMATION™ ̂o f northern Illinois and is I I I "VI-IL. the 5asis for the high PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this co- lumh as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our co^ mmunity. Our only request is that the writers give - signature, full address and phone number. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we con­ sider libelous or in objec- tional taste.) VIEWS ON CLINIC "Dear Editor: "In view of facts that have come to light as a result of the joint meeting of the board of directors of the Family Service and Mental Health clinic and the 708 board, the board of directors of the Women's auxiliary of the clinic has decided to cancel its annual tag d^v Tag day was scheduled for Sept. 25, in all communities in the county The auxiliary board feels that it would be unwise, at this time, to ask our mem­ bership to support this activity. In addition, we could not in good conscience solicit donations from the taxpayers of McHenry county when the credibility and accountability For Your Information' Dear friends, Some visitors think you must constantly talk to those who are bereaved. This is not necessarily true. H)e important point is to be there - let your presence be felt and known. The bereaved will be aware of your presence and remember it long after the funeral. Respectfully, f- mERAULSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry, Illinois 385-0063 IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS Lake tiediments Glacial Debris Sedimentary Rocks (dolomite or limestone) Sandstone Basement Complex of Granite,^Schist and Gneiss Cartographic tab RPV How Our Land Was Formed (First in a regional history series by Virginia Differding and Walter Wallace, prepared as a Bicentennial contribution from Northern Illinois university. --Ed.) Imagine Chicago's Sears tower buried in ice seven times higher than its 110 stories. Within the recent geological past, probably about two million years, much of Illinois was covered by ice believed that thick at some points.. Four glaciers -- each up to two miles thick descended upon what is now our Prairie state, leaving behind a trail of sand and gravel, rock and earth, molding flatlands that rank among the most agriculturally productive in the world. Glaciers develop after changes in temperature, air moisture and atmospheric pressures over long periods leave an accumulation of snow that doesn't melt. Called a "firn" or "neve," this snow layer forms the glacier's foundation, which additional accumulations press into densely packed crystalline ice. Forming to the east and west of Hudson Bay, the glaciers that covered most of what is Illinois moved through lowlands and fanned out to form what we know as Lakes Michigan and Superior. The ice sheets crunched across rather hilly terrain of ancient sedimentary rocks to cover vast expanses of the Midwest, including most of Illinois except for our present northwest corner and far southern sections. These areas escaped the ice because of an upward incline in southeastern Wisconsin that served as a barrier for Illinois' northwest, while southern Illinois' warmer climate kept the ice from there. Trapping everything in their paths and drastically changing land contours, the glaciers distributed sediment called "drift" on top of existing bedrock. The drift was either "till" unstratif ied, unsorted collections of clay, sand. basis for the agricultural value of our soil. Major channels formed by melting glacial waters, formed what became valleys for rivers such as the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio, the channels widening and deepening during melt- water floods. Ronald C. Flemal, a Nor­ thern Illinois university geologist, notep that the four major glaciers believed to have affected our region were the Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian and Wisconsinan. But, he stresses this generally-accepted belief may be wrong, since recent research suggests an un­ determined number of glaciers may have moved across the region at an even earlier geological epoch. "We have no precise dating to determine when one glacier was present in distinction to a second," he points out. It's believed that the Nebraskan began about two million years ago, the Kansan followed at a later un­ determined period, the Illinoian about a quarter to a half-million years ago and finally the Wisconsinan melted from northern Illinois around 10.000 B .C. It was these last two glaciers, the Illinoian and Wisconsinan, that carved our land's present contours, he says. The drift left behind by the Nebraskan and Kansan was largely removed by the Illinoian, the glacier that penetrated almost to the southern part of the state. The glacial legacy is evident all around us, from the ex­ panses of prairie grassland where the loess was thick to the patches of forests sometimes ranging up to hundreds of acres, where the topsoil was not as dense or as rich and tall grasses could not flourish and thwart the growth of seedling trees. Gently rolling hills, bogs, rivers, ponds and lakes, gravel deposits and rock protrusions Crtral EXTENT OF THE MAJOR GLACIATION OVER ILLINOIS. A.) Nebraskan, B.) Kansan, C.) Illinoian, D.) Wisconsinan. Driftiess Area shown by darker pattern. all are part of the evidence Mounds such as Compton Hills west of St. Charles, the rolling hills in the "Chain O'Lakes" region in Lake and McHenry counties and the often barely perceptible rises and drops in elevation throughout Illinois are evidence of glaciers by-passing a particular spot or stopping at a certain point and receding. Mounds and irregular masses of glacial drift known as moraines often are so large they create a varied landscape, as do small but deep ponds with steep banks, the "kettles" formed by large chunks of ice left by a receding glacier. Gravel farm roads created by nature and not man are tops of "eskers," believed formed by streams under or in glacial ice. Some of the larger eskers, such as one just north of Sugar Grove on Illinois Highway 47, are now commercial quarries. In fact, that pile of rocks or that lonely boulder you perhaps think out of place in the middle of a field or forest was likely left by one of these glaciers. Without them, our entire region might resemble the hills and valleys of southwest Wisconsin or the terrain of the unglaciated parts of Joe Daviess county in Illinois' northwest corner. NEXT: The Prairie State and Much More - Illinois As a Study in Topographical Contrasts. of the clinic is in question. "Secondly, the auxilairy board has withdrawn their offer to lease a vehicle for patient transportation needs. The clinic was informed two months ago that the auxiliary would fund the leasing of a vehicle, with the stipulation that the clinic hire the driver. The lack of response to this offer has prompted its can­ cellation. "We in no way wish to in­ dicate that we are discon­ tinuing our support of mental health facilities or programs in McHenry county. We will continue to serve in a meaningful capacity, with every confidence that negotiations between the 708 board and the clinic will be resolved. "Respectfully, • "Barbara J. Johnson "President, Women's Auxiliary "Executive Board and Directors "Barbara J. Andres, first Vice-President "Patricia F. Ryan, second Vice-President "Julia S. Jessup, Recording Secretary "Tricia B. Sayler Treasurer "Kay M. Paul R.W. Blake Joins Army Richard W. Blake has enlisted in the U.S. Army's Delayed Entry program and has been guaranteed schooling as a Missile Operations-Fire Direction assistant. This job entails collecting data from observers, liaison personnel and other sources for fire and operation of the Lance-Honest John missile. Also involved with this job is plotting targets and computing range, altitude and azimuth to the target, and various other aspects. Richard is a 1976 graduate of McHenry West high school and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blake of McHenry. While Richard is in the Army, he will be able to acquire credits toward his college degree through the Army's Project Ahead program, recognized by over 1,200 colleges and universities across the United States. For information on any job that the Army offers, contact SFC Donald Pofahl at 338-2974- 2978 in Woodstock. Fruit Facts All fruits contain some Vitamin C -- but in varying amounts. Fruits rich in Vitamin C include oranges, grapefruit, cantaloups, papayas and strawberries. For Vitamin A. serve, cantaloup or apricots Good sources of iron in­ clude dried fruits like raisins, dates, peaches, prunes and apricots Volunteer Service chairman "Leith Honning, Corresponding secretary" r vtKitiS 6fK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY .. 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