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iWOCi*'**, l m C 4 . i T RADIAL&IRES SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 • PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. W% ' ' 'PLAINDEALER Editorial Opinion J-.* •: -• ' . ' < The Loss Of Oil Americans are throwing away more than 15 million barrels of oil a year-literally. We pour that much used oil into sewers, streams or onto the ground. Only about 8 percent of the nation's used oil gets re- refined. The other 92 percent is just thrown out. Yet used oil can be re-refined easily and cheaply. The lS-million-barrel-a-year figure represents net waste. More than that is thrown out, but some energy would be used in re­ fining; however, that amount has already been worked^nto the equation that provides the net oil waste figure. & ~ To our knowledge, nobody disputes the fact that re-refined oil is in all respects equal to virgin oil in lubricating qualities. Who is responsible for this waste? The federal government. / ^ According to the current issue of ENFO, a publication of the Florida Conservation foundation: -The Federal Trade commission insists that re-refined oil be labeled "used oil," which inhibits sales. -The Department of Defense, the nation's largest buyer of lubricating oil for vehicles, buys no re-refined oil. -The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that re-refined oil must pay the same exise tax as new oil for off-highway uses, thus destroying much of the competitive advantage of re-refining. These federal regulations and practices have combined to make re-refining a business proposition marginal at best and usually a loser. None of them seems to be mandated by law. All of them could be readily changed, if not by the agencies involved then by Congress. Football Time For high school and college students the big schorl sport is often football. It is the sport (with basketball) that attracts big crowds and intense alumni interest. U.S. football is a sport of violent body contact,. It is a game similar to rugby in some respects but even more violent. To most foreigners, its violence is excessive and, therefore, soccer is the sport known the world over as football. - The body contact in football is far more acceptable in professional sport than in school sports. The NCAA (the college organization governing football rules) has tried in decent years to reduce the number of serious injuries which occur each fall in college and high school football. Whether enough has been done yet is a hotly debated question. But football's popularity continues unabated. It is a dramatic and exciting body-contact game, perhaps the most exciting of spectator, sports in America. The training is rigorous and demanding; coaches think this discipline is a lifetime asset. But perhaps partly because of the violence of U.S. football, other sports, such as soccer, have been growing with astonishing speed in recent years, so that today many potential players are choosing soccer over football. Revised family income guidelines to qualify children for free or reduced price meals in schools have been announced by State Supt. of Education Joseph M. Cronin. The income guidelines are used by Illinois school officials for determining the eligibility of children for free or reduced price breakfasts or lunches and free milk. Under the guidelines, the maximum cost for a reduced price lunch is SO cents. For breakfast, the maximum reduced price is 10 cents. The National School Lunch and Breakfast program in Illinois schools is supported by state and federal dollars. With the increased cost of PLAINDEALER the fatitor Public Pulse (Th« Ploind«oUr invitti tt»» public »o ui» (hit »hi» column at an aiprcuion ol th«ir on *wbj*cts o» g»n»rol in«*r«si in our corr,r-»jnity Our only r•quoit it tfcot tho writori givo • tignoturo. lull.oddrott anil phono numbor Wo otk «oo. that ono individual not writo on tho tomo tubj*ct moro then onco ooch month V»o rotorvo tho right to doloto ony motoriol which wo contidor libolout or in objoct'onablo toito.) MIXED REVIEW "Dear Editor, "On Friday, Aug. 24, I experienced a most professional production pul on by the McHenry County Youth theatre, "Pippin", presented at the Woodstock Opera House. Anthony Casolino is to be commended for his disciplined directing. The results of good casting were obvious, and the .staging added to. the smooth effect. The acting and singing were good, and provided some real high spots. Actors displayed excellent timing, and this, along with a most natural c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f Charlamagne and Pippin's convincing facial gymnastics, strengthened the comic effect. The dancing was certainly outstanding, "My very great disappointment comes with the choice of this particualr musical as a vehicle for the display of so much outstanding talent. Pippin's - loss of innocence and dalliance with Catherine are, of course, integral parts of the story. Details of the two scenes were spelled out most persuasively in dance, and the total effect was revolting. I was also embarrassed for those young people, some of whom I know, who had to dance the scenes (and who did so most .professionally). I question the taste of someone who would pick this play for youth theatre, • even for today's more sophistocated youth. "They deserve something better for their efforts, and it's surely available. "Jean M. Kagan "Spring Grove" products, ths federal reimbursement rales Mvt been increesed for " participating Mi: lb# end lunch program . The . *ew- reim ram were enecuvi r e p r e s e n t 0 | issss* w* breakfasts and January. Ths rsimburssment rstes updated awry sis During ths entire fiscal ths stSts's reimbursemttX rats is S9 cents per meal. List year, the number of meals servsd *«jrs: about ~ million fresbreskfaiU;J reduced price f * lor •IS Perspective V" snd sbeut 4.0 million reduced bss. inflatisn erodes the or of fsmiliss, . continue to psy ths same maximum reduced for mssls as they have psat four years,' • ' i fssuily its compensate M ,v.:i ... ' vj ' ••&!) nUy's incoms is . _ school officials, hsrdship conditions are SoStMSrSd in determining •worMl" mesls sod free ditions srs: medical costs, excess of so tftcffttof thefamUys income, •The income for mill unusually costs special education expenses due to mental or physical condition of a child and disaster or casualty losses. Also, children can qualify for free or reduced price meals if the family has suffered a temporary loss of income. But the family's current rate of income must fall within the income guidelines for free or reduced price meals. Local school officials are responsible for mailing information to parents on the fr?e or reduced price meals at ths beginning;of each school Illinois family income guidelines for July 1, 1979, to June SO, 1980, are: UPDATE ON PROPOSTION'13 that ths people ,'t wsnt cuts is to IS a bit of whistling in • • • are about to How is Proposition 13 REALLY doing? That's a question I'm often asked in my travels. The answer is, so far so good, but it is not doing everything that either its proponents or detractors had predicted. It has been 15 months since California voted for the measure which sharply cut their property taxes. So far the state legislature, with huge surpluses in the treasury, his been sending "bailout" money to counties and cities to maike up much of the lost property tax revenue. Few California's would disagree that a tran- • By RONALD REAGAN sitionsl "cushion"' was dssirsble to allow local governments to adjust to s m s l l s r b u d g e t s . " ' S ' f r Some outside observes think the cushion will be permanent, however. They tay that; in lbs long run, Proposition It won't hsve done much te shrink government, after, nUt '-that taxpayers were simply lodging s protest but cttdn't sctually want anv nrnorama eut. v *;v get the sin, want any programs cut If these observers , mostly to politicians that probably be the impression they woUld get, for there .^1 nothing a lawmaker likes Mi than having to deal with hUrigjOl lowered on them however. Messrs. Jarvis and Paul Gann, ths guiding forces behind Proposition. 13, have since gone separate Ways, hut each is out to drive home the original meosses. Ironically, workiig spsrt, they may be a bigger threat to the Golden State's big spenders than when they were working togsthsr. Gann has gathered enough signatures for his new "Spirit of 13" initiative to get, it on the ballot, possibly as early as a ' * November election. It the amount of the people'* aggregate income the mmumm tmhm to nm its !. (In 1993, we. tried budget limitation SCHOOL BOARD DILEMMA "Editor: "When a business discovers their expenses are too high, they make budget cuts before they go bankrupt. When a school system has the same problem, they just wait for a deficit. "Why are teachers leaving the teaching field for more lucrative positions? A- good teacher is priceless. Maybe the good teachers do not get paid enough and some of the others get too much. Maybe through the elimination of a few costly speakers, seminars, etc., we could afford to support the teaching profession as it should be supported. "Could the school boards give a published financial report more often and in detail and terms that the public can un­ derstand? Remember us, the public? We ultimately pay the bills. "Concerned taxpaying citizens, "Ed and Maria Guettler" OUNTY USE PLAN "Editor: "The McHenry County Board of Realtors is officially ob­ jecting to the unavailability of copies of the McHenry County Year 2000 Comprehensive Land Use plan prior to the August hearings, and the lack of ex­ posure of this document to the general public and, par­ ticularly, property owners throughout the county. Con­ sequently, there is growing concern within the Board of Realtors that the vast majority of property owners are totally unaware of the Land Use plan as it now exists. It is our recommendation that a second set of hearings be held to adequately allow the public to examine the document prior to. any approval. . , "The McHenry County Board of Realtors is in favor of or­ derly growth throughout the county in'appropriate locations and is not against the preser­ vation of farm land. Un­ fortunately, the text for the land use plan and the land use maps provide for future growth in only established urban locations and make no provision for any form of rural growth. In fact, the county is implanting the burden and expense for the future areas of development completely in and around the municipalities (which many municipalities don't want) and is unwilling to make provision for growth that would extend beyond those areas. "The rural areas of Hebron, Alden, Harvard, Marengo, and the western portion of Wood­ stock are desperately in need of tax revenue to increase the caliber of services provided for these areas. With no form of future growth being provided by the county, the population in these areas could actually decrease. The county has responded to the need for future development in the western part of the county by planning for no growth at all except in the urban areas, the single- family and multi-family provisions do not adequately provide a reasonable amount of growth in the rural areas which are in need of residential, commercial and industrial growth. "Approximately half of the soils in the rural areas would fit into the non-prime soil category and would be suitable and appropriate for development. "At the present time, there are less than 160,1-acre parcels available in the county and with no provision for future growth, it is unclear to the Board of Realtors as to where people will be expected to live. With a total of 2557 vacant parcels available in the county (under 10 acres), the potential building on existing parcels would seem to be extremely limited for the next 20 years. In fact, it would provide for only 127 parcels per year over a 20-year period ng •fends _ twn absorb which for a county of 311,000 people by the year 901ft woujd be ludicrous: "There is s desperate for commercial and industrial »oning and only s minimal amount of land is prsssntly zoned for this useie^an* proximately 2 percent at (nip time. This appears to be insufficient for even the of our current population. Ths statement that "this 3 percent represents over-toning seems totally inept. "In reviewing s' " AMP agricultural goals, the phasis seems to be at) protecting the prime agricultural land. Yet, there Is no plan for the development of the non-prime agricultural lend! This is not winning far the future. 4>y municipalities all the growth our heads ih the proach to future coUnty coning can only lead to more poor planning. The transportation goals state that the plan would create an existing tran­ sportation network and the growth is to be chSnneled la areas where transportation fiI most adequately available^ however, in the southeastern section of the county, specifically within the In­ terstate 90 area, there is no planning available. "Many of our county and township roads Me unpaved or of a sub-standard nature and without any lorth of future growth in these areas, the lay revenue will never be available to improve these rosdwsys. These areas will actually regress snd become mar* primitive. • • • "The plan oversmphssiaes agricultural preservation at the expense of the small farmer whose property values will be substantially reduced and, consequently, the preservation of property valttsi becomes s non-ingredient to the Lend uss plan. . v.-.- "The Real JBstate board would encourage spUn thqt protects the property ,values of all our citizens, and not a chosen few: It; seems totally unjust that the county's largest mmmmmmmmmmmmrnm a tax- > with Proposition One, but Iwe were just a little, ahead of our time. The spenders' lobby was still rising high, Todsy it is on the defensive in might even argue that the "fallout" from Proposition 13 has been s major lector in Congress' go-slow spsnding spproach in recent months.) * Jarvis' hew measure would fcttt the stats income tax. 1 If both measure! pass it adds up te a douhle-whammy on the industry has >heen denied sny form of input Into s plan which they, more than anyone else, will have to work with for the nekt twenty years. "McHenry County | Board ofRealtors "William Essex, f t . ' president" state legislature and local governments. Perhaps they will finally get the message^ that Californians want not only tax relief, but less government and a leaner bureaucracy as well. Meanwhile, in instances where Proposition 13 cuts have been necessary, the American spirit of filling-a-need has stepped in. In Pasadena, best known for the Rose Bowl game and the annual Rose parade, school district budget constraints led to cancellation of summer sessions this year. Secondary school summer sessions are usually attended by fast- learning students wanting "enrichment" courses and students who have had trouble with a course and need "remedial" help. The Pasadena school district turned to the Urban Coalition, a volunteer group, which agreed to take on the summer sessions. Using school district procedures and curriculum, and hiring school district personnel, the coalition charged a modest tuition for students who could afford it and provided scholarships for those who couldn't. The coalition asked Pasadenans to pitch in with contributions. And, the municipal utility put notices in its bills asking for $l-per- person-per-household con­ tribution to aid the summer school. The money came in. The sessions saved 1,450 students in Grades 1-12. Cost per pupil: $57, versus $127 when the school district ran the program itself. A happy byproduct: $4,800 was allocated for damage; only $100 was needed. Amazing what happens when everybody has a stake in something. ARE YOU NEW IN For Your Information Dear friends. Some persons in grief act cosual and simulate composure. People have a grudging ad­ miration for the person who can endure great sorrow with dignity. Sut there may bo a narrow line between self control and sup­ pression. This kind of bereaved person may appreciate your kindness more than they in- Respectf ully, PETER M.JISTEN C Cf)\i FUNERAL HOME IlllNOIS 395 0063 Do Yn Kmw Smimm Nw? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 KMWTOUIAttt-MTAl WELCOME 00CS IT KST Service Line MCHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 9IMSOO FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3400 W. 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