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J PAGE 20-PLAINDKALER-FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1978 Optimism For United Way In '79 We also need to identify larger firms we did not approach this year, those firms that held back from participating in our campaign because they never heard of United Way, or of us, as individuals; firms that said, 'We want to watch you this year'. We need to tell them about the banks, the savings and loan companies, the newspapers and the businesses that did take the lead in sup- BUILDING PERMITS • John O'Hagan, chairman of the Planning and Allocations committee for the United Way of McHenry County speaks on "Foundation For The Future" as he outlines plans for the 1970 fall United Way fund railing campaign. The occasion was the annual United Way dinner meeting held Feb. 8 at the Old Courthouse Inn in Woodstock. The new United Way of McHenry County celebrated its first year as a countywide organization last Thursday evening with an annual dinner meeting held at the Old Courthouse Inn upstairs courtroom in Woodstock. More than 100 United Way supporters attended in a spirit of good fellowship. Principal speaker of the evening was John O'Hagan, head of Human R e s o u r c e s P l a n n i n g association and chairman of the United Way Planning and Allocations committee. Though the campaign fell short of its $315,000 goal, O'Hagan's speech, "Foun­ dation For the Future," outlined the pluses of the 1978 fund drive and recommended procedures for this year's fall campaign. "I am proud of what we've done," he asserted, "In ad­ dition to our 'fund raising success, we've progressed from a one-town operation to a countywide organization with a board of directors truly representative of our county. "We have a volunteer camp­ aign team," he continued,'that represents Woodstock, Har­ vard, McHenry, Algonquin, Richmond, Marengo and Crystal Lake. Leading business organizations in both new and old United Way towns, par­ ticularly the banks, savings and loans and newspapers, have given us some solid support in our first year as an expanded organization. "Let us not forget the legal community, either," O'Hagan added, "A Woodstock attorney, Bill Caldwell, totally un­ familiar with the United Way when he joined us, put together the campaign team that has helped bring us badly .needed new leadership from our communities. And while I am talking about leadership, I' must mention two men who, singlehandedly put one cam­ paign division - the professionals - way over last year's fine results - John Cowlin, who worked with the lawyers and Lorrin Woodman, who worked with the consulting engineers". O'Hagan noted that the campaign team was 60 percent smaller than in 1977, th&t 200 volunteers in late 1978 suc­ ceeded in raising over $20,000 more for United Way than 500 people were able to raise in 1977. The average compaigner raised $770 in 1978 compared to only $275 the previous year, a jump of 280 percent. ^As far as I am concerned", saitl O'Hagan, "the 1980 campaign starts tonight, first with planning, then followed in a few weeks by action that will make this our most successful year ever. "At this point, campaign results are 50 percent of our original $315,000 goal. Nevertheless, over half our agencies will receive more money from United Way in 1979 than ever before. Why? Because those are the agencies that provided the effort in manpower needed to bring in our revenues. "Our future planning should include concentrating more heavily on the growth of payroll deduction giving," he said, "particularly with our older, supporting firms not yet par­ ticipation in payroll deduction. P E R M I T S M C H E N R Y Ron Verba, 241 Short St., Cary, for a residence at 2701 Benjamin with an approximate value of $50,000. McHenry Township. Fee-$244. Autumn Homes, 1816 Route 12, Spring Grove, for a three- bedroom residence at 5216 Leeside with an approximate value of $30,000. McHenry Township. Fee--$171. McHenry State Bank TrUst No. 1707, for a four-bedroom residence at 2610 Tivoli Trail. McHenry Townshp. Fee-$407. Joseph E. Lally, 3605 Oak Ridge Road, Crystal Lake, for an addition with an ap­ proximate value of $23,969. Nunda Township. Fee--$226.50. pbTvORCEf Decrees and judgments of dissolutions of marriage recently granted by the 19th Judicial Circuit Court include: Judith Berndtson and Gene Berndtson; Loretta Schmarje and Alfred Schmarje; Ruth E. Homan and Philip G. Homan. Janice L. May and Frank J. May Jr.; Genevieve J. Koffski and James A. Koffski; Tamara Lynn Smith and Dennis Carl Smith. Barbara A. Denker and Michael J. Denker; Judy A. Creighton and David R. Creighton; Carl E. O'Brien and Sue Ann O'Brien. Jeri Ann Evans and Micheal S. Evans; Ronald A. Damler and Patricia A. Damler; Patricia Ann Freeman and Herman Freeman. Roy C. Sullivan and Donna L. Sullivan, Sandra Lynn Pat- naude and John Frederick Patnaude; Virginia L. Melvin and John T. Melvin; Helen M. Schycker and Richard A, Schycker. It's beginning to look like the three most common causes of amnesia are a blow on the head, an emotional shock and a Senate investigation. & porting our efforts." O'Hagan concluded his speech with a plea for more creative thinking from everyone who wants to be in­ volved, to ensure that the public gets the United Way message, continuously and accurately, finally reiterating his pride in the United Way of McHenry County and his en­ thusiasm for this year's fall campaign. 1 I I I Bob Hope says, "Hell Red ready.' A Pubic Service ol The Newspaper A The Advertising Council HOME By April Rhodes Wet the knife before each cut to keep hard-cooked egg yolks from crumbling. A knitted or crocheted scarf will be a delight to little girls on cold school mornings. Spring blooming shrubs can be forced for early blooms. Select a well budded branch, peal back some of the bark or crush stem with a hammer .before placing in a vase of cool water. "M1 •••••• 0ie Mk --- cHeritage cFoundatioii i 1 FORUM AMERICA STILL CAN "RECOGNIZE" TAIWAN' ^ v * i By Edwin Feulner One of the terms the Washington foreign policy estab­ lishment throws around regularly is "damage minimiza­ tion." The question with regard to our China policy has become a "damage minimization" issue. That is, how do we minimize the damage of the wrong decision that the President made in derecognizing the Republic of China on 'Taiwan. \ Put aside the question of whether he should have recog­ nized Peking. This is not really at issue. The fact is, there were a number of ways we could have recognized both Mainland China and Taiwan. For example, we could have followed the German formula; The German formula means that the United States has full diplomatic relations with Ambassadors from both East Germany and West Germany in residence in Washington. This recognizes the de facto situation of two governments in one state. Clearly, this is a parallel situation to what we have in China. Or, at a slightly lower level, we could still permit the Republic of China to open a Legation here. This is a lower level diplomatic mission than an embassy, but it still pro­ vides government-to-government relations. And before you tell me that we don't use legations anymore, let me remind you that our current diplomatic list still includes missions from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The legations not only exist, but somehow>h^Soviet Union has put up with them since the end of the Secoftd World War. If the Soviet Union can put up with them, presumably Mainland China could put up with a legation for Taiwan. The third possibility is a 1 mi son office. Until Carter's sudden action, this is the level of representation which Mainland China had with us. If our recognization of one China and derecognization of the other is an honest case of switching nameplates, we should permit the Republic of China on Taiwan to establish a liaison office much as the Mainland formerly had. The most interesting option is what is called "bellige­ rent status." This is the status which several foreign coun­ tries like Britain and France accorded to the southern states during our War between the States. It recognizes that the actual territory is under the control of an entity which is not formally recognized as the legal government. Nonetheless, that entity does control territory and is thus dealt with in international law as a real entity. While it has an unfortunate name, belligerent status could be a way for both the Presi­ dent and Mainland China to save face on this issue while recognizing the legal reality of the situation. The final option, and one which is much less desirable is that of non-governmental contacts. The problem with this is that arbitrary decisions on who will be admitted under visas, who can talk to whom, and how trade and contacts can be carried on becomes a much more cumbersome issue. Hope­ fully, this will not be the option chosen by the State De­ partment, especially when there are so many alternatives which should be acceptable to them and face-saving to Mainland China. The interesting point is that at this time here in Washington no one knows which of the above options the President or the State Department will choose. Regardless, Congress will likely make the final decision, and pass legis­ lation establishing firm ties with the Taiwanese in spite of whatever objections are heard from Peking. We do know that he who sins in haste repents in leisure. We should now hope for some serious repentance. (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research organization.) WOODCREEK C one acre homesites crowning the wooded ridges of Draper Road. from'21,500 ool ><K KKK affords you a unique opportunity to indulge yourself in the glories of country living without sacrificing city conveniences. Fringing pastoral Bull Valley, the elevated ^ < M MM RKKk parcels enjoy a profusion of broad oaks and elms, tree-filled canyons, and sweeping views of green hills dotted with farms. It's difficult to comprehend that such a natural area lies within WALKING DISTANCE OF SCHOOLS and just a few minutes' drive from downtown McHenry. 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Perhaps the most noteworthy comment of the program was Sevareid's call for an end to this country's automatic obedience to Israeli foreign policy and aid de- mands-as the politically ex­ pedient move by U.S. politi­ cians. Sevareid believes it's clearly in the nation's interest to predicate massive aid to Israeli cooperation and com­ pliance, in some cases, with U.S. terms and peace efforts. CBS will telecast "Gone With The Wind" again on Feb. 11th and 12th. ABC is rerunning "Roots" beginning Feb. 18th. KEITH Jackson, the high- ly-rated ABC sportscaster, has come under heavy fire, from within his network and with­ out, for not mentioning what some now see as the biggest missed sports scoop of the year-Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes' punching of a Clemson football player at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. JACKSON says he didn't see the incident, Neither did co-sportscaster Ara Parse- ghian, nor did producer, Bob Goodrich. But millions of TV fans saw it all very clearly. LUCKY TV viewers in some parts of the country are now seeing Upstairs, Down- gtaira from the beginning--39 programs. Many rate this series as the best thing ever done on television. One minor regret is that current telecast­ ing is over commercial chan­ nels, with commercial inter­ ruptions. Why didn't PBS do the whole series again? Su­ perb acting, casting, script and props! And produced by a genius, John Hawkesworth. SHIIES 48®^ Thrifty Jane--"My Scotch friend sent me his picture yester­ day." Joan--"How does he look?" Jane--"I don't know yet, 1 haven't had it developed." Same Shape Tourist (in village store): "Waddye got in the shape of automobile tires?" Clerk: "Funeral wreaths, life preservers, invalid cush­ ion and doughnuts." BfeATTHE PRICE INCREASE! has over 100 NEW CARS * TRUCKS IN STOCK MOST AT OLD PRICES! LeSABRES 98s WOHS * PICKUP Our Company is Known . 1 MITCHELL'SSH m 903 N. Front StrMt McHenry 815 385 7200 Howv. Moa. thru Fri. 9 to t. Sat. • to 5. Open Sun. U to 4