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PACE 4 - PLAIN DEAl it V* tUNESDAY, AUGUST 3®. I»78 Schools Set Free Meal Policy McHenry and area schools have announced their policy for free milk and free meals or reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals and milk served under the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk programs. * Local school officials have adopted the following family size and income criteria for determining eligibility: Family Income Family Incoma Free Meals Reduced Prica Family Sua And Free Milk Meals Family Sua FY 7* Fy 7f 1 $ 4,190 $ 6,530 2 5,500 8,580 3 6,810 10,630 4 8,110 12,660 5 9,310 14,530 6 10,510 16,400 7 ' 11,600 18,100 8 12.690 19790 9 13,680 21,330 10 14.660 22,870 11 15,640 j 24,390 12 16,610 25,910 Each Additional Family Member 970 1.520 Children from families whose income is at or below the levels shown are eligible for free milk and free meals or reduced price meals In addition, families tnat do not meet these criteria but "have expenses such as unusually high medical expenses, shelter costs in excess of 30 percent of income, special education expenses due to the mental or physical condition of a child, or disaster or casualty losses are urged to apply Application forms are being sent to all homes in a letter to parents. Additional copies are available at the principal's office in each school The in­ formation provided on the application is confidential and will be used only for the pur­ pose of determining eligibility. Applications may be submitted at any time during the year To discourage the possibility of misrepresentation, the ap­ plication forms contain a statement above the space for signature certifying that all information furnished in the application is true and correct An additional statement is added to warn that the ap­ plication is being made in connection with the receipt of federal funds, that school of­ ficials may. for cause, verify the information in the ap plication, and that deliberate misrepresentation of in­ formation may subject the applicant to prosecution under applicable State and criminal statutes In certain cases fibster children are also eligible for these benefits. If a family has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for free milk and free or reduced price meals for them, the family should contact the school. If a family member becomes unemployed or if family size changes, the family should contact the school to file a new application Such changes may make the children of the family eligible for^ reduced price meals, or for additional benefits such as free meals and milk if the family income falls at or below the levels shown above All children are treated the same regardless of ability to pay In the operation of child nutrition programs, no child will be discriminated against because of his-her race, sex, color, or national origin Con Artist Warning To Business The US Small Business administration has issued a strong warning to small business owners and managers to be on the lookout for a new teid highly sophisticated breed con artists who are trying to lk them out of their money ;!These characters are either Stating or implying that they are SBA employees, SBA representatives, or SBA- approved firms," according to Bill Bowling. SBA assistant inspector general for Security and Investigations •I "Some are insinuating that for very high fees, they can help people obtain SBA loans Others are calling individuals across the country from a telephone here in Washington and stating that supplies and equipment from defaulted and bankrupt SBA loans or con­ tracting clients are available at ostensibly reduced prices in the individuals' locales " SBA does not license or ap­ prove loan application packaging consultants, and it does not sell surplus property over the telephone SBA has received complaints about both types of flim-flam operators from nearly every state Individuals claiming to have "inside pull' ' at the agency have been approaching small business owners and would-be entrepreneurs directly and through newspaper advertisements with offers to prepare, submit, and get approval of SBA loan applications for fees sometimes ranging in the thousands of dollars Many of these applications are never submitted to SBA The flim-flammer's victim is told that the loan application has been turned down by SBA, and the flim flammer's fee is non-refundable "Individuals claiming to have special influence in ob­ taining loans are springing up all over the country." Bowling said "Members of the public should know that they do not need this kind of help to apply for an SBA loan, and that none of these persons has any in fluence over SBA loan officers who consider loan ap­ plications." "When applying for an SBA loan, individuals should discuss the application form with an SBA loan officer or their banker SBA business management employees and volunteers and most banks will help applicants complete the SBA loan forms." SBA urges anyone who is approached with an offer of assistance in obtaining an SBA loan for an excessive fee to report the matter to the district director of the nearest SBA office The agency also requests that anyone who receives telephone solicitations for the sale of SBA surplus federal government property report the calls to the federal Bureau of Investigation Organize Initiative Power Drive The Coalition for Political Honesty has fallen short in its petition drive to place the, Property Tax Freeze referendum on the November ballot Coalition volunteers collected r>40,000 of the necessary 589,000 signatures to qualify the tax freeze for the ballot "We're grateful to our petition passers and to the thousands of Illinois citizens who signed tax freeze petitions." said Patrick (juinn. Coalition spokesman . "It was a tremendous achievement to gather more than a half million signatures Our campaign was a genuine grassroots movement that demonstrated that the tax payers of Illinois want fun damental reform in the property tax system A1KCoalition petition passers were volunteers and the property tax freeze petition drive was run on a frugal $6,000 budget Quinn said the Coalition's next project is organizing a citizens' campaign to achieve the Illinois Initiative, a con stitutional amendment that would permit citizens to enact binding laws by petition and referendum "We intend to make the Illinois Initiative the single most important issue in this fall's election campaign." said Ouinn (juinn said Coalition volunteers will pin down all candidates for public office on where they stand on the initiative issue The Coalition will publicly release the list of Illinois Initiative supporters and op ponents before the Nov 7 election "We believe that Illinois citizens want the opportunity to vote directlv on issues -that affect their daily lives and pocketbooks," said Quinn The people of our state are far ahead of politicians when it comes to demanding reform We need the full fledged initiative power to give average citizens a real voice in how their taxes are raised and spent " Currently Illinois law only permits citizens to petition to place advisory referendums on a statewide ballot The Illinois Initiative would allow citizens to bypass the legislature and pass binding laws by petition and referen­ dum Right now twenty-two states across the country permit lawmaking by initiative, in­ cluding Missouri, Michigan and Ohio in the Midwest The Illinois Initiative is a constitutional amendment proposal that was first in­ troduced in the Illinois General Assembly in 1977 by the Coalition and bipartisan group of legislative sponsors Shriners Sponsor Orthopedic Clinic Announcing: Public Invited An Investment Seminar Conducted by Martin L. Smith, Investment Broker 1. How to Reduce Your Tax Burden 2. How to Increase Income Through Investments 3. How to Reduce Expenses S*ptomb«r 6, 13, 20 MclUnry Country Clvb 7:30 PM There is no admission charge but t ickets obtained in advance are needed to faci l i tate planning Obtain your free admission t icket by f i l l ing out and returning the coupon below to the A G Edwards off ice in Wood s^ock or order by phone Your t ickets wi l l be mailed to you Investment* Since 1887 Members New York Stock Exchange, Inc. WOODSTOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING New location at Washington and Main Streets 231 Mam Street Woodstock 60098 Phone (815) 338-2550 COUPON: Yes I want to attend the seminar Please send me free t ickets Name Address- Phone The Medinah Temple hospital committee chairman. I)r Paul Stoxen has an nounced a free orthopedic clinic to be held Sept 115 bet ween noon and 4pm at two locations The Orthopedic clinic at 401 Talcott road. Park Ridge and the Dreyer clinic at 1870 VN Galena boulevard. Aurora, have volunteered their or thpedic doctors to examine children under 15 years of age for bone, nerve or muscle crippling "The checkup will screen cases of spina bifida, brittle bones, missing limbs, birth defects, cerebral palsy, club feet, etc to see if further help can be given at the Shriners Crippled Children hospital in Chicago, at no charge to the patient We ve mowed Effective September 1, 1978 A transposit ion company on the go is always looking tor better ways to serve you That's why we moved -- because now we can otter you even better service Call or come see us when you need information on Greyhound schedules, fares group tours or charters -- even Greyhound Package Express Remember, Greyhound goes where you're going We just leave from a different place Chuck's Gas Depot 4102 W. Waukegan Road McHenry, III. 815-385-0240 GO GREYHOUND VISIT LINER - Visitors Joe, Pat and Donald Gattone of McHenry are seen on the bow of the Queen Mary during their visit to southern California. Guide To Travel Kinmundy Log Cabins Are Authentic Prairie Relics (By Gojan Nikolich) Erma Ingrams collects log ^cabins-big ones. ^She^finds them in southern Illinois, takes each one apart timber by-timber, numbers the pieces as if they were part of a jumbo kiddie puzzle, and then hauls her cumbersom booty back home with all the eager- eved glee of a philatalist who's just stumbled across a sticky rare stamp. Scouting for her unusual collectibles during forays through her neighboring Marion and Effingham county countryside, Mrs Ingram rarely pays more than $100 for her cabins After locating a particular building she tran­ sports her treasure back to what is fast becoming one of the most complete collections of frontier homes in the midwest- Kinmundy's Pioneer Village Financed through savings squirreled away during a 27- year teaching career in Salem. Erma Ingram's unusual hobby was spawned by a natural passion for antiques Helped only by friends and usually assisted by her 30-year-old son. she has gathered together over a dozen authentic log homes, tight of which are open to the public And it's the real thing,' ' she boasts, adding that some of the • cabins were found abandoned or ready for a date with the wrecker's hammer "Sometimes a farmer would be using one for storage, or as a barn " Located in a quiet patch of woods west of Kinmundy, Pioneer Village attractions include a reservoir that once served as a water depot for 19th century locomotives Each cabin, whitewashed on the inside and chinked with a special cement lime mortar, is completely furnished with antiques gathered over the years by Mrs Ingram herself Cherrywood cupboards, hand sewn quilts, rockers, bolts of calico, spinning wheels and relic kitchen utensils all combine to give an aura of a lived in frontier prairie home From a distance the shake roofs and crudely morticed timbers make it seem as if the village homes were native to the Ingram's 65-acre tract Not so Like re potted plants, each cabin hails from a different region of the surrounding counties One home, for in stance, was built in 1828 near St Peter, moved in 1870 to Loogootee. ®and finally pur chased for Pioneer Village several years ago The well traveled house today highlights Wonder Lake Mary Jean Huff 728-0267 straw mattress beds and the original white oak construction that was typical of early frontier cabins The prized plum of the Ingram collection is a vintage 1818 cabin which is believed to have been built by a young pioneer family migrating across Illinois from Indiana to Missouri. ^ One home, raised in 1840 by Eli Kobb, once housed a family of nine; the Millican home, originally from Omega, now welcomes visitors with a reconstructed fireplace and cypress floorboards The Lister cabin was found near Kinmundy and includes an original mantel and fireplace In addition to cabins which have been furnished to represent a cobbler's shop, apothecary, preacher's home, and frontier store, the village also includes a two-story inn which once served as a hotel along the stagecoach route between Terre Haute and St I^ouis The 60-foot long building now serves as a visitors center Erma Ingram is no stranger to the unusual Several years before embarking on her dream of collecting southern Illinois' priceless yet forgotten log cabins, she decided to take a long vacation To Africa Alone, with her two children Traveling by bus and often sharing seats with local tribesmen and livestock, her odyssey spanned three months and took her on a 4.500-mile journey from Cairo to Capetown During a portion of her trek, Mrs Ingram found herself stranded in what is now Tanzania But that's another story, and she'll tell you all about it when vou visit hgr little corner of Illinois history in Kinmundy Pioneer Village is open daily, 9 30am to 5:30pm , and 10:30 a m to 6 p m on Sundays, July through October Picnic areas are featured Lemonade and ice tea is for sale, and no alcoholic beverages are allowed For more information on Illinois travel attractions near Kinmundy. write Illinois Office of Tourism, 2209 W Main street. Marion, 111 , 62959 Homemade Treats At Sep i. 2 Sale Too hot to bake9 Got a taste for something homemade after a summer of trying to avoid the kitchen0 Well, come on over to the Hickory Falls No. 3 bake sale on Saturday, Sept. 2, and pick out something delicious, baked by the ladies of the subdivision The sale will begin at 8 a m and continue until everything is sold. Proceeds from the sale will go into the treasury of a women s auxiliary for the subdivision which is t>eing formed For more information, please contact Helen Price Property owners of Hickory Falls No 3 are asked to give suggestions as to where they want the new salt and sand barrels placed in the sub­ division Recommendations can be made to road com­ missioner, Bill Palermo. Residents of Hickory Falls No 3 will notice that new street signs, i.e.. speed signs, children at play, are being put up at designated areas HOME FROM HOSPITAL We are happy to report that Agnes Maycen is now recuperating at home after surgery in Northwestern Memorial hospital Agnes spent ten days at the home of her daughter in Hyde Park after her release form the hospital CONDOLENCES Ernst Mayer, one of our long time Wonder Lake residents, passed away on Wednesday, Aug 23, at the age of 83 Mr Mayer's familiar figure was often seen walking his big sheep dog in Wonder Center. Our condolences to his family. ANNIVERSARY Happy fifth wedding an­ niversary to Cathy and Tom Majercik on Sept. 1. BIRTHDAYS Happy fifteenth birthday to Joe Sullivan, Jr., on Aug. 30. Happy birthday to Ann Margaret Mathews on Sept. 1. Happy eighteenth birthday to Jerry Raske, now a college freshman, on Sept 3. Happy birthday to Charlie (such good taste) Plumlee, on Sept. 3. IIAPPINESIS ... Happiness is...Diane Etten, daughter of Jim and Mary Kay Etten, celebrating her seventh birthday on Sunday, Aug 20. with a party at her home Happiness is Chuck Sowers, treating his Brewers minor league baseball team to a trip to Milwaukee to see their namesakes, a first-time ex­ perience for many of the 8, 9 and 10 year-olds, on Friday. Aug 18 Happiness is . the tempting aroma of a fresh peach Happiness is a phone call from Helen Price, telling us some news of her sub­ division, Hickory Falls No, 3 What's happening in your subdivision" Happiness is hearing the "ping", the sound of the seal of the jars, after you've canned pckles, peaches, or whatever COMMUNITY CALENDAR Sept 7 - Women's Club Tea Sept 10 - Master Property Owners Association Meeting Sept 24 - Lutheran Church Women's Luncheon and Ser­ vice Auction, Nativity Lutheran Church McHenry Highlights FACTS FROM McHENRY COMMUNITY HIGH SCH001 Highway accidents in the US cost the nation an estimated $43 billion in 1977, according to the U S Depart ment of Transportation The fatality rate on the nation s highways since 1955 has fallen from 6.34 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles to 3 25 deaths by the end of 1977. ac cording to the U S Department of Transportation Local (.rads K< port This column is devoted to informing the public of events, programs, activities, and problems at McHenry high school In this article, however, we would just like to share with our readers the thoughts of two fairly recent graduates of McHenry high Charlene Weingart, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Weingart of McHenry, graduated No 1 in the Class of 1975. After a year of study at McHenry County college, she transferred to the University of Iowa She is now entering her fourth year of a five-year program in pharmacy, holding a respectable B average Q How did transferring from McHenry County college to Iowa work out for you9 A: Oh, fine I needed that year of adjustment Iowa is so big, you know, and I just wanted to concentrate on my courses, not on getting used to a big. impersonal place Q How did you find your preparation at McHenry County college9 Did you know what you needed when you got to the university9 A Oh, yes. My year at MCC was just as good as a freshman year here would have been I felt that I could compete very well Q And your preparation for college at MCC9 Do you think your high school preparation was as good as it should have been9 A Definitely My courses at MCC were essentailly retakes of what we did in high school, especially in composition, chemistry and physics !saJ»C| 7 FOX RIVER VALLEY BOAT CO. 1310 N. RIVERSIDE DR. MC HENRY 385-0454 Q What happens next9 What about the future'1 A Pharmacy of some kind There are so many fields to choose from I'm sure I'll know by the time I graduate Dave Sweeney is also a 1975 graduate of McHenry high school While at McHenry he was involved in Speech and Drama, and was co-editor of the yearbook He is presently majoring in speech education at Northwestern university Due to Advanced Placement credit earned at McHenry high school, he will be graduating in January He says that he is "enjoying myself immensely Q With the present market for teachers, are you worried about getting a job after graduation9 A There seems to be more openings in speech education than in other fields Most of my teachers think I've made a good decision to be a teacher Q How are you doing academically9 A I've got a B average They certainly don't give A s away Q How well prepared were you for college9 A Very strong in English, weak in math and science But I have to say I involved myself in English and absented myself from science and math as much as I could Q If you had it to do over again, would you change that9 A Probably not I don t see a need for more math and science for myself at this time y Who were your favorite teachers9 A I really liked Mr Blum and Mrs V'andagnff. but I knew them better than anyone else because I worked with them more Noboby was really head and shoulders above the rest They were all pretty good Future columns will deal with graduates who did not go to college, and with a variety of other types of intertl%t to the community If readers have topics they would like to see discussed here, please call Mr James Blum at the central office, 385-7900. We would be happy to comply d __--_ In the four years since enactment of the 55 mile per hour speed limit, average high way speeds have declined from 65 mph to 58 mph, the U S Department of Transportation reports Motor vehicles in the U S consume about 328 million gallons of gas each day. ac­ cording to the Federal Highway administration Pregnant, NEED HELP? CALL BIRTHRIGHT onici ortawM mo n. i#r» MUl-flt I It it FN MMOUtMSMIiftCUtVICt 815-385-2999